Healthcare Musings For April 12, 2024

Healthcare Musings For April 12, 2024

April 12, 2024 Dear Interested Readers,   I Don’t Understand Why Healthcare Isn’t A Top Political Issue   My adventures in healthcare continued this week with my much-anticipated first post-op appointment with my surgeon at Dartmouth which was three weeks...
Healthcare Musings For April 1, 2022

Healthcare Musings For April 1, 2022

April 1, 2022 Dear Interested Readers,   Are We All April’s Fools?   I made an interesting discovery on the Internet. According to Wikipedia, Odessa, the resort city of Ukraine on the Black Sea, is the only city in the world where April 1 is an official...
Healthcare Musings For October 15, 2021

Healthcare Musings For October 15, 2021

October 15, 2021 Dear Interested Readers,   Thinking About Our Failures And The Challenges Ahead   My wife enjoys Facebook and Instagram despite the recent controversies generated by the whistleblower revelation of the darker side of Facebook management. She...
Healthcare Musings For September 17, 2021

Healthcare Musings For September 17, 2021

September 17, 2021 Dear Interested Readers,   Why Is Universal Healthcare Coverage Such an Elusive Goal?   This week’s New England Journal of Medicine has two thought-provoking articles in its “Perspectives” section. The first article is “State Public Option...
Healthcare Musings for February 21, 2020

Healthcare Musings for February 21, 2020

  February 21, 2020 Dear Interested Readers, Surprise Medical Bills, Another Price Some Must Pay To Have Choice?   Dr. Elisabeth Rosenthal has a remarkable ability to explain complex issues. Her healthcare credentials are as impressive as her journalistic...
Healthcare Musings For 31 January 2020

Healthcare Musings For 31 January 2020

  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...