Healthcare Musings For October 8, 2021

Healthcare Musings For October 8, 2021

October 8, 2021 Dear Interested Readers,   Reflections on Failed Good Intentions And Inequality   My fiftieth-anniversary medical school reunion was this past June. COVID turned it into an online event. I understood the necessity, but it was a disappointment...
Healthcare Musings For February 26, 2021

Healthcare Musings For February 26, 2021

  February 26, 2021 Dear Interested Readers,   Can We Balance Regulatory and Competitive Approaches to Promoting a High Performing Health System?   This is the sixth and final installment of my review of the report of the Commonwealth Fund’s task force...
How Do We Strengthen The Nation’s Primary Health Care System?

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

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...
Healthcare Musings For January 1, 2021

Healthcare Musings For January 1, 2021

  January 1, 2021  Dear Interested Readers,   A Hearty Welcome to 2021!    We made it! We have turned the page on 2020. Congratulation to us all. If you are reading these words that were written on the morning of New Year’s Day you are entitled to a...
Healthcare Musings For November 27, 2020

Healthcare Musings For November 27, 2020

  November 27, 2020 Dear Interested Readers,   Where Do We Begin The Work?   During this last week I have been listening to Barack Obama read his book, A Promise Land, on my afternoon walks. It has been an incredible experience. I am delighted that the...
Healthcare Musings For 29 November 2019

Healthcare Musings For 29 November 2019

  29 November 2019 Dear Interested Readers,   Have You Heard Enough In The Democratic Debates About Healthcare?    It’s been a little more than a week since most of the Democratic contenders for the nomination for president gathered in Atlanta for their...