Healthcare Musings For October 4, 2024

October 4, 2024 Dear Interested Readers:   Thirty-two Days to Go and Counting Down   In the Healthcare Musings letter for last week, I reviewed the relationship between the Structural Determinants of Health, the Political Determinants of Health, and the...
Healthcare Musings For June 28, 2024

Healthcare Musings For June 28, 2024

June 24, 2024 Dear Interested Readers,   The Big Debate   This has been an unusual week. Waiting for a big event has always been hard for me. As a child, it always seemed like my birthday or Christmas would never come. Waiting nine months to meet a new baby...
Healthcare Musings For May 24, 2024

Healthcare Musings For May 24, 2024

May 24, 2024 Dear Interested Readers,   A Conversation That Gives Us Guidance   Regular readers of these notes know that I have high regard for the Commonwealth Fund. I quote their articles frequently. I am grateful that in the sixties Dr. Ebert won...
Healthcare Musings For April 19, 2024

Healthcare Musings For April 19, 2024

April 19, 2024 Dear interested Readers,   What Can We Do?   I should give you a warning that what follows is just personal opinion and speculation based on many years of observation and substantial frustration. As I think back over what I have observed in...
Healthcare Musings For February 16, 2024

Healthcare Musings For February 16, 2024

February 16, 2024 Dear Interested Readers   Medical Ethics, Access, and Personal Experience   There are huge variations in care in America’s healthcare system. One has a different experience in quality, cost, and access, depending on your location and your...
Healthcare Musings For February 2, 2024

Healthcare Musings For February 2, 2024

February 2, 2024 Dear Interested Readers,   Is Healthcare Trapped In Its Own Groundhog Day Cycle?   My local newspaper has become a fertile field of thought and ideas for me. Last Monday, The Valley News, my local paper, had a front-page article that...