Healthcare Musings For October 6, 2023

Healthcare Musings For October 6, 2023

October 6, 2023 Dear Interested Readers, Evolution of Ideas and the Environment   As I pick up my story this week, I am among the many who are shaking their head in dismay over what has happened to Speaker Kevin McCarthy amid the disharmony in the House of...
Healthcare Musings For September 29, 2023

Healthcare Musings For September 29, 2023

September 29, 2023 Dear Interested Readers,   A Hybrid Letter   For several weeks, I have suspended most of my comments about current issues in healthcare, healthcare policy, current politics, and policies that impact our health. In lieu of those usual...
Healthcare Musings For September 22, 2023

Healthcare Musings For September 22, 2023

September 22, 2023 Dear Interested Readers,   Getting Started At Harvard Community Health Plan   If you have taken a vacation from reading the Healthcare Musings letter for the past two months, you may not know that I have been on an autobiographical...
Healthcare Musings For September 15, 2023

Healthcare Musings For September 15, 2023

September 15, 2023 Dear Interested Readers,   My Story Continues   My medical training occurred in the shadow of the Vietnam Era draft. Early on, college students were protected as long as they were enrolled. The result was that there was social inequity....
Healthcare Musings For September 8, 2023

Healthcare Musings For September 8, 2023

September 8, 2023  Dear Interested Readers,   Moving On With My Story   In retrospect, internships are a transition from mostly watching as a medical student to progressive hands-on doing. The residency years were a surprise to me because I had to back away...