Phillip Alvelda is the CEO of the Brainworks Foundry, a company that applies the latest AI technologies to understand and solve global challenges. He is a former program manager in DARPA’s Biological Technologies Office that pioneered the synthetic biology industry and the development of mRNA vaccine technology. This post also appears on the Brainworks Foundry website.
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Breaking Up Big Medicine vs. Single-Payer: An Analysis of Competing Health Care Reform Proposals
A new health-care reform agenda puts antitrust at the center, targeting the conglomerates that dominate insurance, pharmacies, and providers. But breaking up Big Medicine leaves deeper problems intact, from profit-driven denial and risk selection to the administrative costs of a fragmented system.
To Fix Health Care, Treat It as a System: Memorandum to Senator Ronald Wyden and Democratic Members of the Senate Finance Committee
Senate Finance Committee Democrats are seeking evidence and proposals to shape health-care legislation. Their critique of insurers has merit, but reforms confined to insurance risk leaving hospitals, conglomerates, and much of the system’s extraction untouched, sets the stage for further disappointment.
Memorandum to Senator Ron Wyden, Ranking Member, and Democratic Members of the Senate Finance Committee
Senate Finance Committee Democrats have invited outside evidence and proposals for their next health-care agenda. Their critique of insurers has force, but the remedies leave most of the system untouched, risking further disappointment unless reform reaches hospitals and entire conglomerates.
New CDC Guidelines to Reopen Schools Could be Dangerous
School re-opening push based on outdated science is poorly timed in face of coronavirus resurgence
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Can States Reinvent U.S. Healthcare? This Expert Thinks So.
Phillip Alvelda, a former DARPA program manager, reveals how a fracturing federal system has opened the door for bold state leadership. Will blue states rise to build a healthier, more just future?
“A Generational Loss of Talent” - Scientist Warns Funding Cuts in Science, Tech, and Health Undermine U.S. Leadership
Phillip Alvelda, a scientist and entrepreneur with past roles at NASA and DARPA, sounds the alarm on cuts that threaten the innovative capacities that have made America a global powerhouse.
Expert: Why Covid and Future Pandemics are a Bigger Threat than Nukes
Dr. Phillip Alvelda tells INET’s Lynn Parramore about persistent political and public health failures exposing us to devastating diseases, while vastly underestimating their long-term health effects.
“Debilitating a Generation”: Expert Warns That Long COVID May Eventually Affect Most Americans
In a candid discussion with INET’s Lynn Parramore, Dr. Phillip Alvelda highlights the imminent dangers of long COVID, criticizing governments and health agencies for ongoing preventable suffering and deaths. *This is Part 2 of a two-part interview.