Applying Dr. King’s Dream to Healthcare in 2018
Not much has changed in the experience of many since Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. said, “Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhumane” – Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr In the days before the fiftieth anniversary...
Between Is and Ought
I have been reading/listening to Martin Buber’s classic work I and Thou (Ich und Du). I was encouraged to returned to this difficult book after several years by Ezra Klein’s podcast of a conversation with Jaron Lanier, one of the pioneers of virtual reality and the...
Why Does Healthcare Cost So Much?
JAMA recently published an interesting study that has not gotten as much attention or debate as it deserves. It is my hope that its impact will grow and that the insight that it offers will make a difference. The article “Health care spending in the United States and...
The Difference Between Knowing and Doing
I am a reader. Amazon knows what to feed me. I get notice of books about politics, especially ones critiquing President Trump and the current perils to the future of our democracy. Their computers know I am interested in inequality and behavioral economics. My...
Are We Cultivating the New Generation of Leaders in Healthcare That We Need?
Over four years into retirement I frequently wonder what opportunities, if any, do I still have to make a contribution. I reexamined that question recently as I was patting myself on the back for writing my weekly letter, now called “Healthcare Musings,” for ten...Case Study – Elizabeth Mcarthy
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