Student Moderator: Clay Ackerly, medical student at Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina

A veteran trend-spotter, Stuart Altman has served presidents as different as Richard Nixon and Bill Clinton, and lately he’s had the ear of Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama.

The number of uninsured Americans is rising. Primary care doctors are few and far between. And promising new programs don't always stick around long enough to make a difference. 

With a public beset by health care woes, a change is coming in national health care policy. But what will that change look like? And what will it mean for you as you embark on a career in health care?

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