Healthcare Musings For October 14, 2022

Healthcare Musings For October 14, 2022

October 14, 2022 Dear Interested Readers,   Looking Back For Guidance Going Forward   I am probably like a lot of Democrats who can remember the enthusiasm with which we once embraced heroes like JFK, RFK, Gene McCarthy, and even Jimmy Carter and Bill...
Healthcare Musings For September 9, 2022

Healthcare Musings For September 9, 2022

September 9, 2022 Dear Interested Readers,   Musing About ACO Disappointments   This week I have been thinking, or more accurately “musing,”  about the current status of ACOs. “Musing” seems to me to be a word that has more depth and feeling than “thinking”,...
Healthcare Musings For July 15, 2022

Healthcare Musings For July 15, 2022

July 15, 2022 Dear Interested Readers,   Thoughts on Dualism, The “War of Attrition” in Ukraine, Inequality In Value-Based Reimbursement, and Inherent Biases in Medicine.    From time to time when I am thinking about all the human misery in the world that is...
Healthcare Musings For June 24, 2022

Healthcare Musings For June 24, 2022

June 24, 2022 Dear Interested Readers,   Slip Slidin’ Away   From time to time since election night in November 2016, I have found myself humming the melody of Paul Simon’s 1977 hit, “Slip Slidin’ Away” while the words pass through my mind. The fourth verse...
Healthcare Musings For June 17, 2022

Healthcare Musings For June 17, 2022

June 17, 2022 Dear Interested Readers,   Thinking About About Race And Healthcare Disparities   A good friend here in New London was a successful Hollywood screenwriter. In retirement, he enjoys substitute teaching at our local middle school where he also...
Healthcare Musings For May 19, 2022

Healthcare Musings For May 19, 2022

May 20, 2022 Dear Interested Readers,   IIliberalism And The Future Of Healthcare   It is easy to get lost in the despair of the moment. My newspapers and TV commentators tell me more than I want to know about mass shootings in Buffalo and Southern...