JAMA Health Forum Conversations

Increased health insurance coverage in the US has had a broad range of positive impacts on US health, including increases in preventive care and better chronic disease management. Larry Levitt, MPP, of KFF joins JAMA Health Forum Editor in Chief Sandro Galea, MD, DrPH, to discuss challenges facing US health insurance coverage today. Related Content: * The Ongoing, and Heightened, Threat to Health Insurance Coverage in the US [https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamahealthforum/fullarticle/10.1001/jamahealthforum.2025.1155?utm_source=podcast_platforms&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=related_article_links] * A Backlash Against Health Insurers, Redux [https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamahealthforum/fullarticle/10.1001/jamahealthforum.2025.0954?utm_source=podcast_platforms&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=related_article_links]

The first months of the Trump administration have been marked by a flurry of actions, many that have affected agencies directly related to health domestically and globally. Joshua M. Sharfstein, MD, of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health joins JAMA Health Forum Editor in Chief Sandro Galea, MD, DrPH, to discuss the contemporary threats to the health of the American public. Related Content: * The Potential Consequences of Disinvestment in Health in the US [https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamahealthforum/fullarticle/10.1001/jamahealthforum.2025.0803?utm_source=podcast_platforms&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=related_article_links]

US withdrawal from the World Health Organization will have significant implications for global health. Lawrence Gostin, JD, JAMA Legal and Global Health Correspondent and Faculty Director of the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law at Georgetown University, joins JAMA Health Forum Editor in Chief Sandro Galea, MD, DrPH, to discuss global health in an era of new uncertainty. Related Content: * The US, the World Health Organization, and the Global Health Infrastructure [https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamahealthforum/fullarticle/10.1001/jamahealthforum.2025.0213?utm_source=podcast_platforms&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=related_article_links]

Incoming Editor in Chief Sandro Galea, MD, DrPH, discusses the journal and the state of health policy with Deputy Editor Julie Donohue, PhD, and Senior Editor Melinda Buntin, PhD. Related Content: * JAMA Health Forum: Meet the Editor in Chief, Sandro Galea, MD, DrPH [https://edhub.ama-assn.org/jn-learning/video-player/10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.4733?utm_source=podcast_platforms&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=related_article_links] * JAMA Health Forum—Paving the Way for the Future of Health Policy Science and Scholarship [https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamahealthforum/fullarticle/10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.4677?utm_source=podcast_platforms&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=related_article_links]

Founding Editor in Chief John Ayanian, MD, MPP, reflects on the origins and the highlights of the journal’s first 5 years, including seminal publications, the journal’s current No. 1 slot in the rankings, and the amazingly collegial editorial team, with JAMA Health Forum founding Deputy Editor Melinda Buntin, PhD. Related Content: * Reflections on the First 5 Years of JAMA Health Forum [https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamahealthforum/fullarticle/10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.4944?utm_source=podcast_platforms&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=related_article_links]