Striving For A Progressive Worldview Within Politics and Healthcare

Striving For A Progressive Worldview Within Politics and Healthcare

by | Mar 23, 2021 | 1.9 Trillion Dollar COVID Stimulus Bill, a personal testimony, A Promised Land By Barack Obama, ACA, Arlie Russell Hochschild, Conservative Values, David Brooks, Dialog Across the Divide, Economic inequality, Hopes in the Future for a Bipartisan Healthcare Process, Jonathan Haidt, Marcus Borg, Nicholas Kristof, Polarization in America, Racial Inequality, Richard Rohr, Social Determinants of Health, TARP, the filibuster, the plight of "red state" rural Americans, The Triple Aim

  One of the most intriguing challenges of the Trump era for me has been to explain his ability to attract the vigorous and loyal support of the religious right and working-class White voters in red states. What has been a puzzling observation of many liberal and...
Healthcare Musings For August 14, 2020

Healthcare Musings For August 14, 2020

by | Aug 14, 2020 | ACA, Build Back Better, Conservative Values, David Brooks, Economic inequality, Education and The Pandemic, Hopes in the Future for a Bipartisan Healthcare Process, Illiberalism, Inequality in Healthcare, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Liberal Values, Medicare For All, Poverty and healthcare, Racism in America, Social Determinants of Health, The Public Option, The Triple Aim

  August 14, 2020 Dear Interested Readers,   The Next 81 Days Of The Campaign For Better Health   Yesterday morning I was up early, about 8AM. My Florida family was trying to get away early on their trip back to Miami. I was not enthusiastic about them...
Discovering The Healthcare Wisdom of Communitarianism In An Old Book

Discovering The Healthcare Wisdom of Communitarianism In An Old Book

by | Feb 18, 2020 | Amitai Etzioni, Communitarianism, Conservative Values, Era 3: the moral era, Featured Post, Liberal Values, Polarization in America, Progressive Values, Social Determinants of Health, The Triple Aim

  More often than I like to admit, I am surprised and embarrassed by my lack of familiarity with something that is news to me that has been general knowledge for others for some time. It happened again this week. I had never heard of communitarianism or Amitai...
Healthcare Musings For 10 January 2020

Healthcare Musings For 10 January 2020

by | Jan 10, 2020 | ACA, Attack on The ACA Through the Courts, Conservative Values, Costs, Elizabeth Warren's Medicare for All Plan, Featured Post, Healthcare as a Right, Jonathan Haidt, Liberal Values, Medicare For All, Medicare For All Who Want It, political polarization, Universal Access

  10 January 2020 Dear Interested Readers,   Do We Need To Better Understanding How Our Values Vary Before We Can Reform Healthcare?   I am always excited when I see an interesting article in the “Perspective Section” of the New England Journal of...
Hope, Peace, Joy, Love: What the Holidays Are All About

Hope, Peace, Joy, Love: What the Holidays Are All About

by | Dec 24, 2019 | Advent and Christmas, Conservative Values, Empathy, Featured Post, Hanukkah, Health in America, Liberal Values, Making America Great Again, Medicare For All, Polarization in America, Progressive Values, The Triple Aim

  This year Christmas falls in the middle of Hanukkah. I think the overlap creates an opportunity to celebrate the deeper meaning that is shared between these overlapping religious traditions. Both holidays are celebrated near the winter solstice, a time...
Tips On Avoiding Controversy At The Thanksgiving Table

Tips On Avoiding Controversy At The Thanksgiving Table

by | Nov 26, 2019 | Active Listening, Bipartisan Healthcare Process, Conservative Values, Dialog Across the Divide, Jonathan Haidt, Progressive Values, The Challenges of Thanksgiving conversations

  Family dinners are much of the “glue” that holds my family together. The picture in today’s header was not taken at a Thanksgiving gathering but it is an excellent representation of the many gatherings around my mother’s table that I cherish in memory. This...