Healthcare Musings For March 17, 2023

Healthcare Musings For March 17, 2023

March 17, 2023 Dear Interested Readers,   Desmond Implies that Progressives and Conservatives Share Some Responsibility for Poverty: What Needs to Change to Improve the Social Determinants of Health?     Happy Saint Patrick’s Day! Before you drink...
Healthcare Musings For January 20, 2023

Healthcare Musings For January 20, 2023

January 20, 2023 Dear interested Readers,   It Is a Matter of Perspective   Most Monday mornings I am on a Zoom call with seven good friends. We are a “book group.” Over a few years, we have been through several books that discuss philosophical, ethical,...
Healthcare Musings for December 23, 2022

Healthcare Musings for December 23, 2022

December 23, 2022 Dear Interested Readers,   Thinking of the Homeless at Christmas   In 1943 Bing Crosby recorded “I’ll Be Home For Christmas” and it was a number-one hit on the charts. To listeners in 1943, the song was sung from the perspective of a...
Healthcare Musings For August 5, 2022

Healthcare Musings For August 5, 2022

August 5, 2022 Dear Interested Readers,   Are We Making Any Progress?   It’s been a strange week. If you believe in global warming there is circumstantial evidence that sadly you may be right as a continuing drought and high temperatures in the west dry up...
Tapping Into the Wisdom and Spirit of Elizabeth Warren

Tapping Into the Wisdom and Spirit of Elizabeth Warren

  Before I retired, especially after Atrius became involved with CMMI’s Pioneer ACO project, I made frequent trips to Washington. The Washington shuttle from Boston was always packed with people who looked like they were involved with very important business. It...
Healthcare Musings For September 11, 2020

Healthcare Musings For September 11, 2020

  September 11, 2020 Dear Interested Readers,   It’s Nineteen Years, And It Seems Like Yesterday   You need to be in your mid eighties to remember anything about the Holocaust or World War II. If, like me, you are 75, you might remember the Korean War....