Relocalizing Health

The Future of Health Care is Local, Open and Independent

By: Dave Chase, David Contorno, Marilyn Bartlett, Chris Brookfield, Alex Mohseni

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

Length: 11 hrs and 55 mins

Publisher's summary

Shawn Strash, former CEO of 21 hospitals: "Coming out of Covid, Relocalizing Health, provides the hope and roadmap for how communities will recover better and stronger. It's more clear than ever that the hospital structure of the last few decades won't enable our communities to maximize their health and well-being." Katy Talento, former White House Health Policy Advisor: "Relocalizing Health exposes the secret superpower of health care: the best product also saves the most money. I spent most of my career in government, buying into the dreary, doomsday notion that the only way to save taxpayers from the crushing, spiraling debt caused by our unfunded health care liabilities was to cut benefits at patients’ expense. Imagine the joy of discovering the Health Rosetta revolution, upending conventional wisdom and inspiring employers and policy makers across the fruited plain. Relocalizing Health delivers these learnings in tangible, replicable detail, extending a hand of invitation to join the movement and make health care human again. Better health outcomes for 20-40% less cost. What’s not to like about that?" Relocalizing Health begins with an outline for the future of health that is predicated on a health care system that is local, open and independent. The contours of this success have already been proven. Now it is time to expand on these achievements. The book provides an explanation of not only how much money spent on health care is wasted (over $1 trillion), but how it has devastated public health and stolen away resilience from families and communities all across the United States making us much more vulnerable to the impacts of Covid-19. The book details how money better spent on education, primary care, and public health that build up communities is what we deserve given the talent and treasure invested in health. Author, Dave Chase, believes it’s time for the community members to take back control, and that change always happens through grassroots movements. In fact, it’s already happening. The book calls community leaders to join the growing movement. For these movements to be successful, there are concrete steps – included in Chase’s books. Put simply, public and private sector employers and unions must take these steps to stop perpetuating the current system. Using case studies of wise health care purchasers who’ve implemented these changes, plus insight from select health care leaders, Chase’s book is an expert guide on how to bring health back to where it should be – rooted in communities. Health doesn’t start in a pill or a hospital. It starts at home. With parents. With neighborhoods. With workplaces. With communities.