Healthcare Musings For October 23, 2020

Healthcare Musings For October 23, 2020

by | Oct 23, 2020 | 2020 Presidential Debates, ACA, Attack on The ACA Through the Courts, Black Lives Matter, Dr. Anthony Fauci, Economic Implications of COVID-19, Featured Post, Inequality, Judge Amy Coney Barrett, Pandemic Management, Polarization in America, Poverty and healthcare, pre existing conditions, Social Determinants of Health, the threat of a conservative court to the ACA

October 23, 2020 Dear Interested Readers,   Finally, The Debates Are Over. What Did We Learn About The Future of Healthcare? What Did We Learn About The Candidates That We Did Not Already Know?   My expectations were low. What should your expectations be...
America’s Pre Existing Condition

America’s Pre Existing Condition

by | Jun 2, 2020 | chronic disease management, Covid-19, Economic inequality, Featured Post, George Floyd, Governor Charles Baker of Massachusetts, Inequality in Healthcare, Kerner Commission, Martin Luther King Jr, Personal responses to the challenges of COVID-19, pre existing conditions, Racial Inequality, Racism in America, Riots of 1967, Social Determinants of Health, The World After COVID-19

  There is a certain wisdom in Yogi Berra’s observation that, “It is deja vu all over again.” When I was practicing I would frequently have that thought as I was trying to manage a patient with a chronic disease. Whether the problem was CHF, poorly controlled...
Healthcare Musings For 7 February 2020

Healthcare Musings For 7 February 2020

by | Feb 7, 2020 | 2020 Presidential Debates, ACA, Attack on The ACA Through the Courts, Featured Post, Impeachment Hearings, Medicare For All, political polarization, Politics, pre existing conditions, President Trump, Social Determinants of Health, The President's Trial in The Senate, The Triple Aim

  7 February 2020 Dear Interested Readers,   What’s Next?   The Valley News, my local newspaper, serves me in two ways, if it is delivered. Delivery has been erratic over the last six months since the delivery man, “Sonnie,” got mad at someone in...
Healthcare Musings For 9 August 2019

Healthcare Musings For 9 August 2019

by | Aug 9, 2019 | 2020 Presidential Debates, ACA, Benefits of the ACA, Congressional Budget Office, Consolidation in healthcare, Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, out of pocket healthcare costs, pre existing conditions, The Triple Aim, Value Based Reimbursement

9 August 2019 Dear Interested Readers,   Focusing the Conversation in Order to Make Progress   Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel is the brother of Rahm Emanuel, former congressman, Barack Obama’s first chief of staff, and later two term mayor of Chicago. Dr. Emanuel was a...