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....
The Community Approach To Poverty And The Triple Aim
In last Friday’s Healthcare Musings letter I spent some time reviewing a recent David Brooks’ column entitled “Winning the War on Poverty: The Canadians are doing it; we’re not. I was drawn to his analysis because I have become very involved in efforts to address...
Healthcare Musings For 12 April 2019
12 April 2019 Dear Interested Readers, What Can We Do About The Poverty Where We Live? I am reading a new book, Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother’s Will To Survive by Stephanie Land. Over the past two years I have searched for books in my...
Understanding What Makes Good Leadership In Turbulent Times
I have been enjoying a leisurely stroll through Leadership In Turbulent Times by Doris Kearns Goodwin. You might think that my fascination with the book is that it is a character study and analysis of performance of four accomplished presidents that draws attention to...
Healthcare Musings For 5 April 2019
5 April 2019 Dear Interested Readers, Solving The Real Problems Behind The Problem We’re Having With Healthcare I like solving problems, but nothing frustrates me more than a problem that exceeds my skill level. Take tangled fishing line as an...
Mick Mulvaney And The Threat To The ACA
I am one of the nine to ten million Americans who watch the Sunday morning political programs where there is always a talking head from the administration trying to put a spin of coherence on the most recent gaff or nonsensical tweet of the president. A recent...
Healthcare Musings For 29 March 2019
29 March 2019 Dear Interested Readers, The Next Act In The Continuing ACA Horror Show: “The Republican Party Will Soon Be Known As The Party Of Healthcare.” Really? Last Friday Robert Mueller finished his investigation of possible collusion...Case Study – Elizabeth Mcarthy
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