Relocalizing Health with Dave Chase
Relocalizing Health with Dave Chase
Podcast Description
While Washington argues and Wall Street profits, a quiet transformation is reshaping healthcare — one community at a time.Relocalizing Health takes you inside this movement with Dave Chase, founder of Health Rosetta, as he talks with the people leading healthcare's ground-up transformation. Their approach? Keep care local, rebuild trust, and redirect healthcare wasted spending into something that actually serves people.You'll hear real-world stories from employers, clinicians, and civic leaders who are designing health plans and ecosystems that work — and strengthening their local economies in the process.Featured guests include:- Public sector leaders who've redesigned employee health benefits to free up millions for essential services.- Physicians who've left corporate systems to practice relationship-based care.- Manufacturing executives using healthcare as a competitive advantage - not a cost burden.- Civic leaders helping communities reclaim control of their healthcare destiny.If you care about your community's future and want to see what's actually working in healthcare transformation, this show offers a clear-eyed look at proven models and how to implement them.
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Content Themes
The podcast emphasizes the intersection of healthcare and community prosperity, featuring themes such as local healthcare systems, economic revitalization through health initiatives, and community-led health solutions. Episodes highlight inspiring real-world stories, like the transformative impact of healthcare in Tangelo Park, Florida, and explore various models of successful health ecosystem designs across states such as Ohio and Alabama.
While Washington argues and Wall Street profits, a quiet transformation is reshaping healthcare: one community at a time.
Relocalizing Health takes you inside this movement with Dave Chase, founder of Health Rosetta, as he talks with the people leading healthcare’s ground-up transformation. Their approach? Keep care local, rebuild trust, and redirect healthcare wasted spending into something that actually serves people.
You’ll hear real-world stories from employers, clinicians, and civic leaders who are designing health plans and ecosystems that work, and strengthening their local economies in the process.
Featured guests include:
– Public sector leaders who’ve redesigned employee health benefits to free up millions for essential services.
– Physicians who’ve left corporate systems to practice relationship-based care.
– Manufacturing executives using healthcare as a competitive advantage – not a cost burden.
– Civic leaders helping communities reclaim control of their healthcare destiny.
If you care about your community’s future and want to see what’s actually working in healthcare transformation, this show offers a clear-eyed look at proven models and how to implement them.
Welcome back to Relocalizing Health. In this episode, host Dave Chase sits down with Charles Marohn, founder of Strong Towns and renowned author, to explore what it truly means for a town to be ”strong.” Drawing analogies from the built environment and decades of on-the-ground civic work, Chuck shares how robust communities rely not just on fiscal sustainability or infrastructure, but on engaged citizens who are empowered to solve problems collaboratively. Together, they dive into stories of transformation in places like Ashtabula County, Ohio, discuss the cultural and mindset shifts necessary for local change, and outline practical frameworks for making meaningful progress, one small step at a time. Whether you’re a civic leader, public sector employee, or just someone who cares deeply about your community's well-being, this episode will leave you inspired and ready to roll up your sleeves to co-create healthier, more resilient places.
Timestamps:
00:00 Defining sustainable city development
04:41 Struggling Ohio school district finances
08:46 Using relatable examples for change
10:33 Engaging the local community
15:21 Rethinking public investment strategies
17:29 Businesslike approach to running cities
22:48 Implementing community development projects
26:16 Southcentral Foundation's healthcare transformation
29:49 City council meeting dynamics
30:32 Creating an equal meeting environment
36:40 Importance of community dialogue
38:02 Wrapping up healthcare insights
Ashtabula story:
Short version – https://relocalizinghealth.com/episode/case-study-the-poorest-county-in-ohio-kept-450-million-home-and-changed-everything
Full Conversation with Bryce Heinbaugh – https://relocalizinghealth.com/episode/how-community-owned-health-plans-are-transforming-healthcare-and-boosting-local-economies
Full Conversation with Dr. Brad Schneider, Maria Fowler, and Casey Billington – https://relocalizinghealth.com/episode/how-ashtabula-county-reclaimed-healthcare-direct-care-and-community-plans-beat-corporate-systems
Learn More:
RosettaFest 2026 – https://rosettafest.org/
Health Rosetta – http://healthrosetta.org/
Nautilus – https://www.nautilushealth.org/
Kynexions – https://kynexions.com/
Dave Chase – https://www.linkedin.com/in/chasedave/
Podcast Website – https://relocalizinghealth.com/
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