The health emergency has highlighted the importance of proximity care. In Emilia Romagna the health houses are well established and in the future they will have to be further strengthened, according to what the Pnrr says, transforming them into community houses. Not only to be ready to face new health challenges but to ensure better health for all. Without forgetting the sword of Damocles that the Regions have on their heads: that of budget overrun. The speech by Raffaele Donini, councilor for Health Policies of Emilia-Romagna in “Dialogues on the future. Health: the year to come”, organized by Health of the Gedi Group