How Do We Strengthen The Nation’s Primary Health Care System?

How Do We Strengthen The Nation’s Primary Health Care System?

by | Feb 16, 2021 | “The Commonwealth Fund Task Force on Payment and Delivery System Reform:, Bipartisan Healthcare Process, Dr. Robert Ebert, Employer Provided Health Insurance, Ezra Klein, Featured Post, Fee for service payment, Future of Heathcare, Harvard Community Health Plan, healthcare for the rural and urban poor, Innovation in Healthcare, medical home, Poverty and healthcare, Racial Inequality, Social Determinants of Health, team based care, the centrality of Primary Care, the filibuster, The Triple Aim, Universal Access, Value Based Reimbursement

If you have avoided these notes for the past few weeks, you may not know that I have been systematically reviewing the recommendations of the Commonwealth Fund’s Task Force On Payment and Delivery System Reform. There are six sections to the report. So far we have...
The Lessons Just Keep Coming

The Lessons Just Keep Coming

by | Jul 7, 2020 | Bret Kavanaugh, Covid-19, Donald Trump's management of COVID-19, Donald Trump's Reaction to Demonstrations, Economic Implications of COVID-19, Economic inequality, Employer Provided Health Insurance, Improving the health of the poor, Inequality in Healthcare, public Demonstrations Against Racism and Police Brutality, Racial Inequality, Reopening the economy

  The president taught me something this week. I was not surprised when I heard that his campaign speech at Mount Rushmore was a dark and divisive presentation. I was very surprised, and a bit supercilious, when I heard that his rath came down on “far left”...
Healthcare Musings for February 21, 2020

Healthcare Musings for February 21, 2020

by | Feb 21, 2020 | Costs, Democratic Presidential Debates, Employer Provided Health Insurance, healthcare finance, out of pocket healthcare costs, Stein's Law, Surprise Medical Bills

  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 27 December 2019

Healthcare Musings For 27 December 2019

by | Dec 27, 2019 | ACA, Benefits of the ACA, Big Five Tech Companies Invade Healthcare, Costs, Employer Provided Health Insurance, Featured Post, Healthcare as a Right, Medicare For All, Strategy Formation, The 2020 elections, The Public Option, Universal Access

  27 December 2019 Dear Interested Readers,   Looking Back At 2019 As We Think About 2020   I am a maker of New Year’s resolutions. It’s that time of year again. Looking back on 2019 I did a pretty good job. I had some partial successes, and some of my...
How Is The Public Connecting To The Healthcare Debate?

How Is The Public Connecting To The Healthcare Debate?

by | Sep 24, 2019 | 2020 Presidential Debates, ACA, Employer Provided Health Insurance, Featured Post, Healthcare as a Right, Medicare For All, Medicare For All Who Want It, The Triple Aim

When I opened my Sunday paper this week, I was delighted to see two healthcare related articles on the front page. The first article written by Nora Doyle-Burr, a staff writer for the paper, was entitled “Health care a pressing issue in 2020 for many Upper Valley...
Employer Provided Insurance v. Single Payer Healthcare: Not All the Differences Are Obvious

Employer Provided Insurance v. Single Payer Healthcare: Not All the Differences Are Obvious

by | Aug 20, 2019 | Bernie Sanders, Employer Provided Health Insurance, Featured Post, Healthcare Policy, Medicare Advantage, Medicare For All, Medicare For All Who Want It, Overton's Window, Presidential Politics

I admit to having groupie tendencies and team loyalties. The liability of being committed to a favorite entertainer, author, philosophy, religion, type of music, or team is that each is bound to have its problems, inconsistencies, or failures and then those...