The Wait Is Over

The Wait Is Over

  Almost 100 million votes have been cast before election day. We are told that the turnout for this election will be huge. We are also told that Republicans know that anything that reduces turnout increases their chances of winning. I am OK with their enjoyment...
Healthcare Musings For October 16, 2020

Healthcare Musings For October 16, 2020

  October 16, 2020 Dear Interested Readers,   Holding My Breath With My Fingers Crossed   There are less than three weeks until the election! It feels like this ordeal has been going on for four years, and I guess it has. The campaign for victory in...
Healthcare Musings for October 9, 2020

Healthcare Musings for October 9, 2020

  October 9, 2020  Dear Interested Readers,   Thoughts About Healthcare Now and in the Future While Awaiting the Election   Years ago, when I was a Boy Scout, I garnered all the merit badges associated with the waterfront at camp: swimming, canoeing,...
Healthcare Musings For October 2,  2020

Healthcare Musings For October 2, 2020

  October 2, 2020 Dear Interested Readers,   Thinking About the Future of Healthcare and the 2020 Election After The First Debate   [I finished writing what follows last night at about 10:30 PM Mountain Time, 12:30 AM on the East Coast. While I was...
Healthcare Musings For September 25, 2020

Healthcare Musings For September 25, 2020

  September 25, 2020 Dear Interested Readers,   Milestones, Grief, Continuing Misery, and Rage   I wish that Justice Ginsburg’s death had not coincided with the passing of the milestone of 200,000 deaths in this country from COVID-19 because it has been...
An Early “October Surprise”

An Early “October Surprise”

  The talking heads on the Sunday morning news programs went back and forth between appropriately reviewing and honoring the life of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg, and speculating about the politics of naming her successor. One comment caught my ear...