Healthcare Musings For April 24, 2026
April 24, 2026 Dear Interested Readers, MAHA and Other Healthcare Concerns One underdeveloped component of my personal version of “Trump Derangement Syndrome” has been my failure to provide an in-depth discussion of the MAHA (Make America Healthy Again)...
Healthcare Musings For April 17, 2026
April 17, 2026 Dear Interested Readers, A Celebration of a Past Victory In a Time of Great Concern There was an unusual gathering this past Monday at historic Faneuil Hall on Boston’s waterfront. The current governor of Massachusetts, Maura Healey,...
Healthcare Musings For April 10, 2026
April 10, 2026 Dear Interested Readers, Dental Care Is Not Equitable My wife and I spend a lot of money on our dental care. This year, we canceled our so-called dental insurance that we were buying through her Federal Employee Retirement Benefit because...
Healthcare Musings For April 3, 2026
April 3, 2026 Dear Interested Readers, Moral Injury and Burnout: Different, But Both Challenge The Future Of Healthcare In 2005, I was 60 years old and beginning to think about when I might retire. I was very busy practicing full-time in the outpatient...
Heaalthcare Musings For March 27, 2026
March 27, 2026 Dear Interested Readers, Private Equity in Healthcare Is the Wrong Road to High-Quality, Universal, Equitable, Affordable, and Sustainable Healthcare. I must remind myself every week that the intended purpose of this weekly letter is to...
Healthcare Musings For March 20, 2026
March 20, 2026 Dear Interested Readers, Healthcare In The Midst of the President’s Chaos and Anger As a White House correspondent for the New York Times since 2008, and for 20 years before that for the Washington Post, Peter Baker has been a close...
Healthcare Musings For March 13, 2026
March 13, 2026 Dear Interested Readers, How Wisely Is The President Spending Our Resources? About an hour and a half after last week’s letter was published, Michael, a retired physician, good friend, and regular reader, posted the comment: Funny,...
Healthcare Musings For March 6, 2026
March 6, 2026 Dear Interested Readers, I’m Trying To Look Beyond A Tough Week for the World I am sure that I was not the only person who was dismayed on awakening Saturday morning. As I strapped on my iWatch, which is usually one of the first things I do...
Healthcare Musings For November 27, 2026
February 27, 2026 Dear Interested Readers, Do You Think Trump Can “Fix” Healthcare Cost, Quality, and Access? I delayed my usual weekly writing process this week because I was interested in hearing whether the president might spend some time talking...Case Study – Elizabeth Mcarthy
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