Healthcare Musings For February 21, 2025

Healthcare Musings For February 21, 2025

February 21, 2025 Dear Interested Readers,   Maybe Trump’s Radical Ways Are Revealing That I Am A Conservative   Last Thursday I was delighted to see that David Brooks had a new opinion piece in the New York Times. His column usually comes out every...
Healthcare Musings For July 7, 2023

Healthcare Musings For July 7, 2023

July 7, 2023 Dear Interested Readers,   How Did We Develop Our Workforce Shortages?     Last week the Supreme Court finished its session by announcing several controversial decisions. None of them had a direct impact on healthcare, but at least two of...
Healthcare Musings For April 21, 2023

Healthcare Musings For April 21, 2023

April 21, 2023 Dear Interested Readers,   My First Encounter With Chat GPT: I Welcome the Use of AI in Medicine.     When I joined Harvard Community Health Plan in 1975 I was well aware of the fact that I was joining an active experiment that was...
Healthcare Musings For March 24, 2023

Healthcare Musings For March 24, 2023

March 24, 2023 Dear Interested Readers,   “Woke” Healthcare: Implicit Racism, DEI, ESG, Biases, Intersectionality, and Duality in Healthcare   I don’t know if you noticed it or not, but some politicians who seek to gain political advantage on the right tried...
Healthcare Musings For March 17, 2023

Healthcare Musings For March 17, 2023

March 17, 2023 Dear Interested Readers,   Desmond Implies that Progressives and Conservatives Share Some Responsibility for Poverty: What Needs to Change to Improve the Social Determinants of Health?     Happy Saint Patrick’s Day! Before you drink...
Healthcare Musings For October 21, 2022

Healthcare Musings For October 21, 2022

October 21, 2022 Dear Interested Readers,   Don’t Fall For The Con   I am hoping that sometime before the year 2045, which will be the year of my one-hundredth birthday, we will have enjoyed great success or at least substantial progress on the three issues...