Dr. Eric Topol, Director, Scripps Translational Institute, Author of the Creative Destruction of Medicine

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Dr. Carolyn Clancy, Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality at HHS (24:59)
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Dr. Roni Zeiger - CEO of Smart Patients (50:00)
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Dr. Kenneth Mandl, Director of the Intelligent Health Lab, Boston Children's Hospital (25:00)
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This week, Mark and Margaret speak with Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, Deputy Director for Policy and Regulation at the Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight at ...

Steven Brill, Author of "Bitter Pill: Why Health Care Costs Are Killing Us" (25:00)
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Dr. Andrew Morris-Singer, Founder and President of Primary Care Progress (25:00)
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Dr. Christopher Murray, Co-Founder and Director of the Institute for Health Metrics Evaluation (24:59)
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Mark and Margaret speak with Dr. Chris Murray, Co-Founder of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington. Dr. Murray discusses his ...

Dr Jeffery Levi, Executive Director of Trust For America's Health (25:00)
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Dr. John Bartlett, Carter Center Mental Health Project (25:00)
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Dr Daniel Kraft Executive Director of FutureMed at Singularity University (24:59)
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Broadcast History

Conversations on Health Care has been on the air since 2009, and airs on WNPR, WESU, WUNH, WQUB and various other stations around the country.

Intro and Outro

This week hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Dr. Eric Topol, Director of the Scripps Translational Institute on the transformational potential of genomics and telemedicine on the future of health care. Marianne O'Hare has this week's health care headlines. FactCheck.org's Lori Robertson looks at campaign claims about the Affordable Care Act's impact on children, and Mark looks at a Bright Idea - DIY Genomics.

Next week, Mark and Margaret speak with Cecile Richards, President of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America