Transitioning the Conversation from Medicare For All to Medicare for All Who Want It
Since last week’s First Democratic Presidential Primary debates I keep thinking about Medicare for All versus Medicare for All Who Want It. I am sure there are many things about this complex conversation that I do not completely understand, and in that regard I think...
Healthcare Musings For 21st June 2019
21 June 2019 Dear Interested Readers, Critical Choices and Uncommon Courage I have a new “hero,” guru, and role model. She is Sister Joan Chittister, an 83 year old Benedictine nun. Her latest book, The Time Is Now: A Call to Uncommon Courage has...
Thinking About the Experiences of Poverty
If you are a close reader of these notes, you’ve probably figured out that my career was as a physician first and then secondarily as a healthcare administrator who was fascinated by the many facets of healthcare management and policy. Put into the...
What Does The Plight of the Homeless Say About the Rest of Us?
I took the picture that heads up this post on a walk this week in Albuquerque. I was there to visit my son and his wife. They moved to Albuquerque in 2007. For my daughter-in-law it was a return to her hometown. Both of her parents had been teachers in the Albuquerque...
An Enthusiastic Invitation To Be Disruptive
One of my occasional delights over the past few years has been to have a friend or former colleague whom I have admired and learned from send me a manuscript or a recently published book that they have written. I am always a little apprehensive when what has been...Case Study – Elizabeth Mcarthy
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