We’ve invited noted health care leader Dr. Sachin Jain back to “Conversations on Health Care” to share his predictions for the year after many came true last year. 👉 Click the interview to get his take on: Hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter also examine why his many fears about DOGE didn’t materialize and why […]

The post 2026 Health Care Predictions: Do You Agree?  appeared first on Healthy Communities Online.

The new Rural Health Transformation Program aims to improve “healthcare access, quality, and outcomes” with $50 billion aimed at making changes to the healthcare delivery ecosystem. Keeping an eye on the state applications, the federal money awarded and how it will be used is Sarah Jane Tribble, lead rural health reporter at KFF Health News. […]

The post KFF Health News Covers $50 Billion Rural Health Transformation: Latest Details appeared first on Healthy Communities Online.

New research. New technology. New possibilities. On this special 2025 Rewind and Look Ahead episode of “Conversations on Health Care,” hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter turn their focus to the breakthroughs, discoveries and innovators shaping what comes next. “Health innovations and breakthroughs that seemed impossible years ago became closer to reality in 2025,” says […]

The post Happy, Healthy New Year: What the Future Holds appeared first on Healthy Communities Online.

Health care policy faced major upheavals during the past 12 months and the effects are already being felt. On this special 2025 Rewind and Look Ahead episode of “Conversations on Health Care,” hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter reflect on the moments that defined the year and what may come next. This episode is Part […]

The post 2025 Rewind: Our guests recount the promises and hurdles appeared first on Healthy Communities Online.

Eighty percent of maternal deaths in the United States are considered preventable. So why do they keep happening? On this episode of “Conversations on Health Care,” hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter are joined by award-winning journalist and New York Times bestselling author Irin Carmon for a thoughtful conversation about pregnancy, care, and what gets […]

The post “Unbearable: Five Women and the Perils of Pregnancy in America”: Author Conversation appeared first on Healthy Communities Online.

Originally broadcast December 11, 2025 Congress is scrambling to find a solution to the enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies that expire at the end of the year. Without action, premiums are set to rise sharply for millions of Americans, creating a major health care cliff as 2026 approaches. Congressional reporters Sandhya Raman (CQ Roll Call) […]

The post Congress Races to Find Obamacare Subsidy Solution: Reporters Examine the Efforts appeared first on Healthy Communities Online.

Originally broadcast December 4, 2025 The doctor who once led the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention sees trouble ahead: “It’s not good…what we have seen from Europe is a very early and very severe flu season, something that could mean more hospitalizations.” Dr. Tom Frieden says confusing vaccine guidance, limited access and weakened public […]

The post Flu Cases Rising: “It’s Not Good,” Says Former CDC Dir. Dr. Tom Frieden appeared first on Healthy Communities Online.

Leading nutritionist Marion Nestle, Ph.D., has a sobering message as we get ready for Thanksgiving: America’s food system delivers twice the calories we need while wasting 40%. “Thanksgiving provides five times the calories we need,” she points out. Her advice? “It is a week in which you just have to do the best you can.” […]

The post Can You Have a ‘Healthy’ Thanksgiving? How the Food Industry Conspires Against Us appeared first on Healthy Communities Online.

People around the world are living longer and healthier lives because of an innovative idea that became a global force for change. On this episode of Conversations on Health Care, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter welcome back Dr. Sanjeev Arora, founder of Project ECHO, an approach that has already improved care for more than […]

The post How Dr. Sanjeev Arora Helped Improve Care for 200 Million Patients appeared first on Healthy Communities Online.

Originally broadcast November 13, 2025 What if health care for moms and babies came with a cash prescription for them? In this Conversations on Health Care episode, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter welcome back Dr. Mona Hanna, the Flint pediatrician whose research exposed the city’s water crisis and sparked a national reckoning on environmental […]

The post “Cash for Moms and Babies”: How it Works & Why   appeared first on Healthy Communities Online.