Healthcare Musings For 17 May 2019
17 May 2019 Dear Interested Readers, States’ Rights, Really? My wife enjoys scanning Facebook where there are many people with no reluctance to speak their mind on any issue under the sun. Over the last couple of days she has observed that there has been...
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...
Healthcare Musings For 10 May 2019
10 May 2019 Dear Interested Readers, I Am Not Sure How Much More I Can Take In November 2017 the New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof published an opinion piece entitled, “How To Reduce Shootings.” He began the article by pointing out how different...
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...
Healthcare Musings For 3 May 2019
3 May 2019 Dear Interested Readers, If Medicare For All Is A “Bridge Too Far,” What Is a Plausible Path To Universal Coverage? Earlier this week a friend and I were driving down to Boston to watch the Red Sox. We were not overflowing with...
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...
Healthcare Musings For 26 April 2019
26 April 2019 Dear Interested Readers, Hello Joe, I Don’t Trust Mitch, And Other Post Op Thoughts There is nothing that gets you thinking about the future of healthcare in America and what needs to change, like a personal encounter with our healthcare...
Bernie Explains His Medicare For All Concept On Fox News
By far, the most positive, most interesting, and most surprising event of the nascent 2020 presidential campaign occurred on April 15. Fox News’ Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum hosted a town meeting with Bernie Sanders. The event was staged in Bethlehem,...
Healthcare Musings For 19 April 2019
19 April 2019 Dear Interested Readers, Troy Brennan And CVS Are Betting on Medicare For All and Risk This week I traveled to Boston for the annual meeting of the combined boards that serve the Boston Medical Center. There is a hospital board....Case Study – Elizabeth Mcarthy
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