Good afternoon, well get started while ruth is getting taped. Im elliott gurstein and delighted to see you all today. You know we dont usually start quite this promptly but were not always being taped live by cspan. Were delighted to have them here today. And this is a particularly exciting entry in our longstanding Public Health rounds sponsored by our Health Society and medicine program. The focus today is the inaugural report of the aspen Health Strategy group. The name Health Strategy group is taken from the aspen Strategy Group for those who are familiar with American Foreign policy. Probably know about the group, its undoubtedly the leading Bipartisan Group of its kind looking at Critical Issues of Foreign Policy and we established the group with that in mind, to bring together remarkable people from across different sectors in the American Health and medical landscape to look at the most pressing problems and come together with different perspectives to make recommendations for