Richard Helppie's Common Bridge
The problems we have in the country are solvable, but not solvable the way we’re approaching them today, because of partisan politics. Richard Helppie, a successful entrepreneur and philanthropist seeks to find a place in the middle where common sense discussions can bridge the current great divide.
Podcasting since 2019 • 303 episodes
Richard Helppie's Common Bridge
Latest Episodes
Episode 299- Inside The Fight To Fix Health Care Financing. With Nate Kaufman
The real fight in U.S. healthcare isn’t between doctors and patients—it’s against a financing maze that raises premiums, hides quality, and rewards middlemen. We pull back the curtain on why ACA plans look the same yet cost more, how public und...
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Season 7
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Episode 299
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Episode 298- Unfiltered Consciousness: Laughing Through Life’s Absurdities. With author Terence Duncan as well as Greg Jbara
Season Seven of The Common Bridge features host Richard Helppie in an episode that concludes with foaming mayonnaise dispensers in this lighter, story-driven talk with Tony Award–winning actor Gregory Jbara and longtime friend, designer-turned-...
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Episode 298
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Episode 297- How a System CEO Drives Access and Affordability with Optimism. With Jeff Flaks
Healthcare can feel stuck, but the ground is moving under our feet in the best possible way. We sit down with Hartford Healthcare’s CEO, Jeff Flaks, to unpack how a statewide system is using scale with purpose: pushing care into more convenient...
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Episode 296- Inside Michigan Medicine: Access, AI, And A New Era Of Care. With Dr. David Miller, M.D.
What happens when a powerhouse research enterprise, a statewide health system, and a relentless push for access all meet at the same table? Our conversation with Dr. David Miller, CEO of Michigan Medicine, opens the door to a candid look at how...
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Season 7
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Episode 296
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Episode 295- GLP-1, Obesity, And The Cost Of Change. With Dr. David Harlan
What if blockbuster weight-loss drugs and a broken food system are two sides of the same story? We sit down with Dr. David Harlan—physician, researcher, and former NIH diabetes branch chief—to trace the unlikely path from the “incretin effect” ...
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Episode 295
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