This episode is for the person who has been following this series and wants to know what is actually inside Relocalizing Health before they read it, and what they will walk away able to do differently.
Dave Chase addresses three specific audiences directly.
For advisors: the book is a field manual for building fiduciary-grade plans that hold up under scrutiny. It covers the contractual language that separates a plan built to perform from one built to produce revenue for intermediaries, the data access requirements that give employers genuine visibility into how their money is being spent, and the selection and evaluation frameworks that let advisors build accountability into every vendor relationship.
For employers: the book shows what it looks like when a health plan is treated as a line of business an organization is actually willing to manage. Not a cost center that absorbs annual increases and passes them to employees. A strategic asset that generates a real dividend and reinvests it in the workforce.
For community leaders: the book makes the case that healthcare cost is an economic development problem with a documented solution. The communities that get this right do not just save money. They redirect those savings into schools, workforce development, housing, and the kinds of local investments that build durable economies.
Dave also addresses the AI Catalyst section specifically: as artificial intelligence displaces workers at scale, the communities that have figured out how to generate and redirect healthcare savings will have the resources to invest in workforce transition. The ones that have not will face a compounding crisis.
The book launches July 29. Every attendee at RosettaFest gets a copy.
Key Takeaways:
- The book is written for three distinct audiences with three distinct entry points: advisors, employers, and community leaders
- For advisors: fiduciary-grade plan building, contractual language, data access requirements, vendor evaluation frameworks
- For employers: treating the health plan as a strategic asset that generates and reinvests a real dividend, not a cost center absorbing increases
- For community leaders: healthcare cost is an economic development problem with a documented solution and the communities that solve it build durable economies
- The AI Catalyst section: communities that redirect healthcare savings into workforce development will have resources for the transition that AI displacement is accelerating
- The Nautilus Health Institute has democratized the tools so this is no longer locked behind expensive consultants or proprietary frameworks
- The book is a field manual, not a manifesto. The playbook exists. What is left is the will to use it.
Resources Mentioned:
- Relocalizing Health by Dave Chase: pre-order on Amazon now
- RosettaFest 2026: RosettaFest.org
- Health Rosetta: healthrosetta.org
- Nautilus Health Institute: open-source tools and frameworks
Learn More:
RosettaFest 2026 - https://rosettafest.org/
Health Rosetta - http://healthrosetta.org/
Nautilus - https://www.nautilushealth.org/
Kynexions - https://kynexions.com/
Dave Chase - https://www.linkedin.com/in/chasedave/
Podcast Website - https://relocalizinghealth.com/