The Future of Care As Seen Through the Lens of The COVID-19 Pandemic

The Future of Care As Seen Through the Lens of The COVID-19 Pandemic

by | Jul 14, 2020 | Boston Medical Center, Don Berwick, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, Guthrie Clinic, Inequality in Healthcare, Poverty and healthcare, The Triple Aim, The World After COVID-19, Universal Access

  My wife and I were recently watching the PBS program “The Vote” when it occurred to me how long it takes to achieve social change. The story of Women’s Suffrage is an international saga that really spans a few thousand years. It was not until 2015 when Suadi...
Healthcare Musings For June 19, 2020

Healthcare Musings For June 19, 2020

by | Jun 19, 2020 | A personal history of social change, Donald Trump's management of COVID-19, Economic Implications of COVID-19, Eve Shapiro, Featured Post, General Mark Milley, ignoring prudence while reopening the economy, John Bolton's assertions, Juneteenth, Justin Locke, President Trump, public Demonstrations Against Racism and Police Brutality, Racism in America, Reopening the economy, The 2020 elections, The Triple Aim

  June 19, 2020 Dear Interested Readers,   Is “Living On Tulsa Time” Appropriate For These Times?   Donald Ray Williams is gone now, but he is in the Country Music Hall of Fame. Williams sang many hit songs, but one in particular, “Tulsa Time,” written...
Discovering The Healthcare Wisdom of Communitarianism In An Old Book

Discovering The Healthcare Wisdom of Communitarianism In An Old Book

by | Feb 18, 2020 | Amitai Etzioni, Communitarianism, Conservative Values, Era 3: the moral era, Featured Post, Liberal Values, Polarization in America, Progressive Values, Social Determinants of Health, The Triple Aim

  More often than I like to admit, I am surprised and embarrassed by my lack of familiarity with something that is news to me that has been general knowledge for others for some time. It happened again this week. I had never heard of communitarianism or Amitai...
Memories And Ruminations From Florida On Primary Day In New Hampshire

Memories And Ruminations From Florida On Primary Day In New Hampshire

by | Feb 11, 2020 | ACA, Economic inequality, Featured Post, Florida Memories, Impeachment of Donald Trump, Inequality, Primary Day in New Hampshire, The Triple Aim

  My wife and I have been traveling since last Thursday. We are in Florida, but my eye has been on the weather and the presidential primary in New Hampshire. We left in a snowstorm that I am told evolved into a traffic paralyzing ice storm, followed by more snow,...
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...