Conversations on Health Care

Approximately 60% of voters nationwide want the federal government to play a bigger role in helping Americans obtain health care, according to election polling by KFF. There’s one state that is already ahead of that desire: Oregon.  Experts say it’s making the most progress toward a single-payer, universal health care system. Valdez Bravo is the […] The post Voters Want Bigger Govt. Role in Health Care: What Oregon Can Teach Us appeared first on Healthy Communities Online.

When the world-renowned Mayo Clinic named Dr. Joseph Sirven as a neurology chair, it broke a barrier: He was the first Latino to serve as chair at any Mayo Clinic site. Dr. Sirven is a first-generation Cuban American, is the Spanish-language editor of “Brain and Life en Español” and is host of “What’s Health Got […] The post Do Brain Supplements Work? Learn What a Mayo Clinic Neurologist Thinks appeared first on Healthy Communities Online.

Michael Cork, Ph.D., is considered one of America’s leading researchers of the health effects of the country’s growing hunger for huge data centers. His research estimated that just one data center in Virginia could result in as many as six additional premature deaths per year. He also projected it could lead to an increase in […] The post Data Centers & Health Dangers: Insights From Researcher Michael Cork, Ph.D. appeared first on Healthy Communities Online.

We’re counting down to the midterm election results on Nov. 3 and Make America Healthy Again supporters are weighing their choices. The movement gained attention about two years ago for what advocates saw as a need for healthier food, a cleaner environment and a “safer” vaccine schedule. They believed Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s role in […] The post MAHA & the Midterms: Insights From Axios Health Reporter Caitlin Owens appeared first on Healthy Communities Online.

We’re proud to serve as a forum for big health care policy discussions and the latest one may be the most heated ever. Our guests debate the pros and cons of Medicare for All, which would be a single-payer national health program that would fully cover medical care for all Americans (and make most private […] The post One of Our Most Heated Programs: Medicare for All’s Pros & Cons appeared first on Healthy Communities Online.

What’s worrying voters? Health costs are tied with gas prices for the most important affordability issue, according to a new KFF Health poll. The research found that voters trust Democrats over Republicans to deal with health care costs by a nearly two-to-one margin. This is the backdrop for our Reporters’ Roundtable with the journalists who cover […] The post Reporters’ Roundtable: Julie Rovner, KFF Health News & Nathaniel Weixel, The Hill appeared first on Healthy Communities Online.

The environment for the use of psychedelics in psychotherapy is moving quickly.  In mid-September, the Food & Drug Administration held a hearing about potential future therapeutic use of psychedelics in supervised and supportive settings.  Psychedelic psychotherapy combines mind-altering substances like psilocybin or MDMA with talk therapy; researchers are studying it as a potential treatment for […] The post Psychedelics: Can They Help Treat PTSD? Researcher Rachel Yehuda, Ph.D. Explains appeared first on Healthy Communities Online.

This week is the 17th anniversary of our first “Conversations on Health Care” and our guests have been part of the community health center movement before we even started our interviews. They have the battle scars that prove they know how to fight and win on behalf of community health centers. Now, they’re rallying the […] The post Community Health Center Legends Richard Bohrer & James W. Hunt, Jr.: Lessons for Today appeared first on Healthy Communities Online.

The common speculation has been that GLP-1s would ultimately save patients and the entire health care system millions of dollars by reducing waistlines and the associated costs with obesity. But research found that during the first year, patients accumulated about $6,500 in GLP-1 spending, while their other medical spending increased by about $585. Much of […] The post High Cost of Losing Weight With GLP-1s: Researcher Kosali Simon, Ph.D., Explains appeared first on Healthy Communities Online.

“I’m quite frankly, flabbergasted…” That’s the reaction of Dr. Reed Tuckson to the White House’s recent decision on childhood vaccines. An Executive Order has called for separating the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine into three different single-disease shots and giving all childhood immunizations at separate appointments when possible. Tuckson is the co-founder of both the […] The post Dr. Reed Tuckson: Health’s Truth Evangelist on MMR, COVID & Flu Vaccines appeared first on Healthy Communities Online.