Healthcare Musings For September 25, 2020

Healthcare Musings For September 25, 2020

by | Sep 25, 2020 | "Caste." Racism, 2020 Presidential Debates, Angus Deaton and Anne Case, Blunders on the Way to the Pandemic, Covid-19, Featured Post, ignoring prudence while reopening the economy, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Pandemic Management, public Demonstrations Against Racism and Police Brutality, The 2020 election, The de emphasis of public health, Trump's to efforts to name a third Supreme Court justice.

  September 25, 2020 Dear Interested Readers,   Milestones, Grief, Continuing Misery, and Rage   I wish that Justice Ginsburg’s death had not coincided with the passing of the milestone of 200,000 deaths in this country from COVID-19 because it has been...
COVID Fatigue Is A Creeping Problem, But There Is Even More That Worries Me.

COVID Fatigue Is A Creeping Problem, But There Is Even More That Worries Me.

by | Sep 15, 2020 | 2020 Presidential Debates, Authoritarianism, Covid-19, Economic Implications of COVID-19, Featured Post, Public Health, Racism in America, Social Determinants of Health, The Triple Aim, Universal Access

  Summer is fading fast into early fall where I live. I have already had a few roaring fires in my fireplace as overnight temps slip into the high thirties. Our fireplace has an elevated hearth where I enjoy sitting as I soak up warmth from a primeval source that...
Are We On the Threshold of a Great Awakening?

Are We On the Threshold of a Great Awakening?

by | Jun 9, 2020 | 2020 Presidential Debates, Black Lives Matter, Covid-19, Donald Trump's Reaction to Demonstrations, Economic inequality, George Floyd, Inequality in Healthcare, public Demonstrations Against Racism and Police Brutality, Racial Inequality, Racism in America, Reopening the economy, The Great Awakening, The World After COVID-19

  The header for this post should look familiar since last Friday’s post featured a very similar picture. The picture on last Friday had been taken on the previous Tuesday evening when about 200 people gathered on the New London Town Green to demonstrate their...
Healthcare Musings For March 6, 2020

Healthcare Musings For March 6, 2020

by | Mar 6, 2020 | "If--" by Rudyard Kipling, 2020 Presidential Debates, ACA, Attacks on Roe v. Wade, Bernie Sanders, Covid-19, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, Healthcare as a Right, Joe Biden, Medicare For All, Public Option

  March 6, 2020 Dear Interested Reader,   What’s Next ?   February was a terrible month. Not only were we dazed and confused by the explosion of the coronavirus, or if prefer, Covid-19, followed by the collapse of the stock market, but the Red Sox...
Healthcare Musings For 7 February 2020

Healthcare Musings For 7 February 2020

by | Feb 7, 2020 | 2020 Presidential Debates, ACA, Attack on The ACA Through the Courts, Featured Post, Impeachment Hearings, Medicare For All, political polarization, Politics, pre existing conditions, President Trump, Social Determinants of Health, The President's Trial in The Senate, The Triple Aim

  7 February 2020 Dear Interested Readers,   What’s Next?   The Valley News, my local newspaper, serves me in two ways, if it is delivered. Delivery has been erratic over the last six months since the delivery man, “Sonnie,” got mad at someone in...
Healthcare Musings For 31 January 2020

Healthcare Musings For 31 January 2020

by | Jan 31, 2020 | 2020 Presidential Debates, Activism in Healthcare, Burnout, Costs, Dr. David Shulkin, Dr. Samuel Shem, Empathy, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, Harvard Community Health Plan, Population Health, The Triple Aim, Zeev Neuwirth

  31 January 2020 Dear Interested Readers:   Between The Way Things Were And What They Might Become   As I write this edition of “Healthcare Musings,” the Senate trial of President Trump stumbles toward its conclusion. It is difficult for me to accept...