Hosted by Chuck Melendi · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 35 episodes
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The healthcare system in our country is broken. It is time to fight for change, and to do it together. Tune in as retired industry executive Chuck Melendi and Disruptive Dialogue explore how healthcare corporations are sticking it to patients, providers and businesses. You need to know what is really going on in our overpriced and underperforming healthcare system. Consumers and their employers pay too much money for too little care, and the players running the show are making billions.Let’s create solutions, and let’s demand results. LET'S FIX HEALTHCARE.
Chuck Melendi hosts Disruptive Dialogue with Chuck Melendi, a health show with 35 episodes published.
In Part 1 of this series, Doug Griesenauer and I laid out the problem: 42% of American households are financially struggling right now, not because they aren't working, but because the federal poverty level — a formula b
Did you know that the federal poverty level was built on grocery price data from 1955 — and has never been updated to reflect how we live in America today? In this episode, Chuck sits down with Doug Griesenauer, VP of Co
One in three Americans carries medical debt — and most of them have health insurance. In this episode, Chuck talks with Eva Marie Stahl of Undue Medical Debt about why insurance isn't protecting patients the way it shoul
Private insurance companies are increasingly moving into veterans' healthcare and, according to health policy expert Dr. Rachel Madley, the consequences could reshape one of America’s most successful public healthcaresys
The system controlling prescription drug pricing was designed to save money. Instead, it's costing employers billions. In this episode, Chuck sits down with Ryan Rice, CEO of Prism Health Group and former senior executiv
Millions of seniors miss their Medigap window without knowing it. Healthcare veteran Chuck Melendi reveals what the insurance industry won't tell you — and what needs to change. What to Expect Every year, Americans turn
What happens when Wall Street takes over your medical care? A routine childbirth used to cost $14,000. At the same hospital, after a private equity buyout? $40,000. Nothing about the care changed. Only the ownership did.
How do different insurance plans impact what your doctor can do for you? Why does it feel SO hard? In this episode, Chuck sits down with Florida rheumatologist Dr Shawn Baca (http://www.rasf.com/shawn-baca-md-facr.html)
Healthcare one of the few growing sectors of the American workforce — yet we can’t find enough providers. Why? In this eye-opening conversation, Chuck sits down with Meredith Hirsh, host of Working Healthcare with Meredi
For once, the healthcare headlines weren’t all bad. Today, Chuck steps away from his usual format to break down the healthcare news from early February 2026 (last week!) —and why several developments may actually benefit
Behind every doctor visit is a complex financial system most patients never see—and it’s pushing physicians to the brink. In this eye-opening episode, Chuck sits down with OlgaKhabinskay, Director of Operations at WCH Se
How can hospitals break the law for years, while patients still pay the price? In this episode of Disruptive Dialogue, healthcare insider Chuck Melendi exposes the TRUTH behind the 2021 Hospital Price Transparency Rule a
The Takeaway U.S. healthcare isn’t failing because reform is impossible—it’s failing because profits are prioritized over patients. With bipartisan support growing and successful state-level models already in place, mean
In Part 1 of this two-part conversation, Disruptive Dialogue host Chuck Melendi sits down with Wendell Potter, former health insurance executive turned advocate and whistleblower, to examine how U.S. healthcare really wo
Today, Chuck is honored to introduce a couple who define devotion as they overcome insurmountable odds. Join us to experience daily life for Tracy Otto—Paralympic archer, disability advocate, and survivor of a horrific d
Welcome back, disruptors! This week, Chuck sits down with consultant Dr. Seth Glickman, former Chief Medical Officer at Intermountain Health and Chief Health Officer for Blue Shield of California, to expose the hidden in
This week, host Chuck Melendi sits down with Val Barschaw, author of the new book Surviving the Hospital: Six Secrets Every Patient Should Know and longtime patient advocate. Drawing from her husband’s decade-long journe
Host Chuck Melendi talks with Chet Pietras and Ethel Owen about Medicare and Medicare Advantage coverage and how to make confident choices during open enrollment. They unpack the key differences between Medicare Advantag
Choosing health insurance doesn’t have to be overwhelming - but it can be! In this episode, Chuck is joined by health insurance advisor Chet Pietras, who brings 40+ years of experience helping individuals and families ma
How do you cut through the complexity of U.S. private health insurance? In this episode of Disruptive Dialogue, Chuck shares actionable strategies to help you make faster and smarter choices, lower your costs, and take f
Ryan Rice
CEO · Prism Health Group
1 appearance on this show
Chuck Melendi
host of Disruptive Dialogue · Disruptive Dialogue
2 appearances on this show
Meredith Hirsh
Co-Founder and Vice President · Hirsh Center for Arthritis & Sports Medicine
1 appearance on this show
Wendell Potter
former health insurance executive turned whistleblower · Center for Health and Democracy
2 appearances on this show
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Disruptive Dialogue with Chuck Melendi is hosted by Chuck Melendi. The show is categorised under health (fitness) and has published 35 episodes.
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