Caucus Up Close: Dr. Heikki Uustal; Dr. Steven Rose; Robert Goldberg

Robert Goldberg, Ph.D., Founder, Value of Innovation.org talks about this online community of patients, researchers, and innovators who support policies that speed development and access to new treatments that can lead to a world free from cancer by 2050. When the Affordable Care Act goes into effect in 2014, the organization will be producing a report card, i.e., a checklist to help people sort out exchanges. Dr. Steven Rose, President, Passaic County Community College discusses the college’s economic impact on Paterson as its 6,000 students use local businesses and how the college is helping to get to the goal set by President Obama: by 2020, America would once again have the highest proportion of college graduates in the world. Dr. Heikki Uustal, Medical Director of the Prosthetic/Orthotic Team, JFK Rehabilitation Institute discusses how his team works with their patients, the majority being amputees, by helping them get back to their lives and restore function.  Prosthetic technology has changed enormously over the past 50 years. It has gone from using wood, metal, and leather, to carbon fiber and electronic devices leading the way.

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