A Closer Look At Our Attitudes About Universal Coverage

A Closer Look At Our Attitudes About Universal Coverage

by | Dec 3, 2019 | 2020 Presidential Debates, ACA, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, Medicare For All, Medicare For All Who Want It, Polarization in America, Repeal and Replace, Universal Access

  After last Friday’s missive had been up on the Internet for a little while, I got a question from an interested reader who lives nearby and frequently walks with me. He wrote:   Gene, Do I know the person you walked with?  Peter’s video is amazing....
Healthcare Musings For 29 November 2019

Healthcare Musings For 29 November 2019

by | Nov 29, 2019 | 2020 Presidential Debates, Adaptive Change, Elizabeth Warren's Medicare for All Plan, Featured Post, healthcare for the rural and urban poor, Healthcare Quality, Medicare For All, Medicare For All Who Want It, Single payer, the difficulties of change, The Triple Aim

  29 November 2019 Dear Interested Readers,   Have You Heard Enough In The Democratic Debates About Healthcare?    It’s been a little more than a week since most of the Democratic contenders for the nomination for president gathered in Atlanta for their...
Healthcare Musings For 8 November 2019

Healthcare Musings For 8 November 2019

by | Nov 8, 2019 | 2020 Presidential Debates, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Healthcare as a Right, History of Healthcare Reform, Jill Lepore, Medicare For All, states' rights, the difficulties of change, The Triple Aim

  8 November 2019 Dear Interested Readers,   Why Medicare for All Is The Best Choice, But An Unlikely Outcome No Matter Who Wins   I know that I am writing to sophisticated readers. Much of what follows may be boringly redundant or a statement of the...
Don Berwick to the Rescue (of Elizabeth Warren)

Don Berwick to the Rescue (of Elizabeth Warren)

by | Nov 5, 2019 | 2020 Presidential Debates, Don Berwick, Elizabeth Warren's Medicare for All Plan, Era 3: the moral era, healthcare finance, Medicare For All, The Triple Aim

  These days, if you are disconnected from the world for just twenty four hours, you miss a lot. At 5:45 AM last Friday, my wife and I got up at a friend’s home in Needham to go to the airport in time to board a flight at 8:25 AM in Boston that was headed...