JAMA Health Forum Conversations

The evolution of artificial intelligence technology has outstripped most health policy oversight in the US. Michelle M. Mello, JD, PhD, Professor of Law and Professor of Health Policy at Stanford University, discusses this and more with JAMA Health Forum Editor in Chief Sandro Galea, MD, DrPH. Related Content: * Inaction on Artificial Intelligence Regulation in a Time of Upheaval [https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamahealthforum/fullarticle/10.1001/jamahealthforum.2025.1246?utm_source=podcast_platforms&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=related_article_links]

The US is an outlier in health system performance, spending more than other peer countries while performing worse. US economist David Cutler, who is the Otto Eckstein Professor of Applied Economics at Harvard University, discusses this and more with JAMA Health Forum Editor in Chief Sandro Galea, MD, DrPH. Related Content: * On Making US Health Care Great and Affordable [https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamahealthforum/fullarticle/10.1001/jamahealthforum.2025.1156?utm_source=podcast_platforms&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=related_article_links]

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]