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Conversations on Health Care is a radio show about the opportunities for reform and innovation in the health care system. In addition to health care headlines, the centerpiece of each show is a feature story and conversation with an innovator in the delivery of care from around the globe. Co-hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter each bring four decades of experience in overcoming the barriers that block access to care in their work at community health centers.  Their conversations with creative thinkers and doers from all parts of the field will enlighten and inspire all who believe that Health Care is a Right, Not a Privilege. Conversations is broadcast from WESU on the campus of Wesleyan University, and is underwritten by Community Health Center, Inc.

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Each week, Conversations on Health Care features a Bright Idea, that's improving health and wellness in everyday lives.

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Conversations on Health Care is a radio show about the opportunities for reform and innovation in the health care system.

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This week hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Dr. Paul Offit, Director of the Vaccine Education Center at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and member of the FDA Advisory Committee that issued emergency authorization for the mRNA COVID-19 vaccines from Moderna and Pfizer for distribution in the US. Dr. Offit says development of this new vaccine is a remarkable achievement backed by decades of scientific research that the Advisory Committee found to be safe an efficacious for widespread distribution. He’s urging the Biden Administration to accelerate vaccine production and distribution efforts.


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Governor Gary Herbert of Utah joins us today.

  • Added: Jun 29, 2011
  • Length: 25:57
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David Wessel, economics editor of the Wall Street Journal, joins us today.

  • Added: Jun 23, 2011
  • Length: 25:17
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Donna Thompson, chief executive officer of Access Community Health Network in Chicago, joins us.

  • Added: May 11, 2011
  • Length: 25:15
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Barbara DiPietro, policy director for the National Health Care for the Homeless Council, joins us today.

  • Added: May 04, 2011
  • Length: 24:47
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Dr. John Wennberg, the Peggy Y. Thomson Professor for the Evaluative Clinical Sciences at Dartmouth College, joins us today.

  • Added: Apr 27, 2011
  • Length: 25:03
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Dr. Alan Fleischman, medical director of the March of Dimes Foundation, joins us today.

  • Added: Apr 20, 2011
  • Length: 25:33
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Dr. Mary Jane Koren, vice president for the Picker-Commonwealth Fund Long-Term Quality Improvement Program, joins us today.

  • Added: Apr 13, 2011
  • Length: 25:50
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Dr. Lucian Leape, a leading figure in the modern patient safety movement, joins us in conversation today.

  • Added: Apr 06, 2011
  • Length: 25:39
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Dr. Paul Tang, Chief Innovation and Technology Officer for the Palo Alto Medical Foundation, joins us in conversation this week.

  • Added: Mar 31, 2011
  • Length: 25:35
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Cecile Richards, president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, joins us today for an in-depth discussion on the organization's role in...

  • Added: Mar 23, 2011
  • Length: 26:08