More Losses To COVID and the Heavy Administrative Burden We Bare

More Losses To COVID and the Heavy Administrative Burden We Bare

  That we have lost 500,000 souls to COVID-19 is hard to process. It really doesn’t help much to hear 500,000 dead Americans from the COVID pandemic is more lives lost than in our summed casualties of World War II, the Korean Conflict, and the War in Vietnam. I...
Healthcare Musings For February 12, 2021

Healthcare Musings For February 12, 2021

  February 12, 2021 Dear Interested Readers,   Health System Accountability for Heath Care, Quality, Equity, and Cost   It’s been a remarkable week in Washington. One of the benefits of retirement is that every day is Saturday. I have spent most of...
Healthcare Musings For May 8, 2020

Healthcare Musings For May 8, 2020

  May 8, 2020 Dear Interested Readers,   It’s a Time for Humility, Caution and Focus on Long Term Improvements. It is Not a Time for  Arrogance, Abandon, and the Pursuit of Short Term Gains.    It’s hard to know what everyone is thinking, and as a...
Do We Stand In The Doorway Of A Better World?

Do We Stand In The Doorway Of A Better World?

  I have been trying unsuccessfully to give some attention to something other than the rising number of victims of the coronavirus. I analyze the progression of my intellectual and emotional responses to COVID-19 along a timeline that runs along the same track of...
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...
Goodbye 2019, Hello to the 20s

Goodbye 2019, Hello to the 20s

  I am so glad that it is going to be the 20s tomorrow. Bye-bye to a so-so decade. This New Year should be very interesting. There should be events that occur this year that will have a long term significance in our collective experience. I always embrace the New...