12 Time November 4, 2019
For The inaugural TIME 100 healTh SummiT,
the prescription was: one former U.S. President; one
former U.S. Vice President; three entertainers turned
activists; assorted scientists, researchers, physicians,
insurers and entrepreneurs; one sculptor; the com-
missioner of the National Basketball Association;
and, finally, heads of the Department of Health and
Human Services, the National Institutes of Health
and the federal official who administers Medicaid and
Medicare, overseeing a budget of $1.3 trillion. The re-
sult, which streamed live online on Oct. 17 from New
York City, can also be glimpsed in these photos.
Making the world
a healthier place
TIME100 Health Summit
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French sculptor
Prune Nourry
describes how a
cancer diagnosis
and mastectomy
influenced her art.
The experience is
at the heart of her
new documentary,
Serendipity▷
U.S. Department of
Health and Human
Services Secretary
Alex Azar, left, during
an interview with
TIME editor-in-chief
Edward Felsenthal