Healthcare Musings For 4 October 2019

Healthcare Musings For 4 October 2019

4 October 2019 Dear Interested Readers, A Closer Look At Strategy and Culture   I really appreciate getting comments from my readers. Most of the comments do not come through the comment function of the letter. Most “interested readers” who have something to say...
How Is The Public Connecting To The Healthcare Debate?

How Is The Public Connecting To The Healthcare Debate?

When I opened my Sunday paper this week, I was delighted to see two healthcare related articles on the front page. The first article written by Nora Doyle-Burr, a staff writer for the paper, was entitled “Health care a pressing issue in 2020 for many Upper Valley...
Employer Provided Insurance v. Single Payer Healthcare: Not All the Differences Are Obvious

Employer Provided Insurance v. Single Payer Healthcare: Not All the Differences Are Obvious

I admit to having groupie tendencies and team loyalties. The liability of being committed to a favorite entertainer, author, philosophy, religion, type of music, or team is that each is bound to have its problems, inconsistencies, or failures and then those...
Healthcare Musings For 2 August 2019

Healthcare Musings For 2 August 2019

2 August 2019   Dear Interested Readers,   What Have We Learned So Far From Listening To The Democratic Debates?   This last week we entertained some old friends from Massachusetts. We were neighbors. We attended the same church. We share many fond...
Are You Ready For Round Two?

Are You Ready For Round Two?

You can be sure that tonight and tomorrow night I will be interested in the outcome of the Red Sox/Tampa Bay games, but I won’t be watching. My eyes and ears will be tuned to round two of the Democratic Presidential Primary Debates in Detroit. Since the last debate,...
Creative Destruction, Adaptive Change, and the Continuing Movement Toward  Universal Coverage

Creative Destruction, Adaptive Change, and the Continuing Movement Toward Universal Coverage

The picture in the header of this post is my attempt to create an image that represents Creative Destruction, or if you prefer a more dramatic term, Schumpeter’s gale. I will get back to those terms, but first let me fully explain the meaning of the image by...