The Tax Reform Bill Is Like Coal In the Stocking of the Poor
On Christmas morning as I was enjoying opening presents with my family, it occurred to me that President Trump’s suggestion that the tax bill was a big Christmas present for Americans must be very painful for the poor to hear. This bill puts much of their “safety net”...
Healthcare and Tax Reform: Insights From a Troubadour
Recently I was walking along listening to an audiobook. My book ended before my walk did so I switched over to the playlist of my youngest son’s music. It’s quite a playlist. He has posted a new song on the Internet every week for over seven years. There are 370 songs...
After the Storm
What will be left when the storm is over? It’s the sort of question you might have asked yourself if you were living in Puerto Rico on September 20 when Maria hit. I ask it of myself on a regular basis when I think of Donald Trump’s attack on healthcare, the...
Issues of Racial Inequity While Pursuing the Triple Aim
In the November 17th “Healthcare Musings” letter the second paragraph was biographical. I first began to worry about race as a small child. My family was progressive on issues of race in comparison to other families in the South between the late forties and mid...
Leadership Skills For Times Like These
I have been wanting to write about leadership skills for sometime. Leadership development is a personal growth process that never ends. The leadership learning curve did not begin until many years into my professional life. I followed a long and nontraditional path...
Race: Inequality, Justice, Taxes and Health
As the Senate works on its tax bill, it seems like a good time to discuss connections that may not be obvious between this bill and the inequality, injustice, and attitudes about race that are major barriers to better health in America. I have long hidden the fact...
How Proposed Tax Reforms Could Affect Healthcare
I know very little about taxes. I pay them. I have always assumed that everyone can build a case for why they should pay less. I also figure that some people cheat and don’t pay theirs, and that others use their influence within the political process to have the laws...
Can Better Conversations Promote Better Health?
Living in a “purple state” I often meet interesting people with whom I share some possible connection that both of us choose not to explore because a little superficial exchange quickly reveals that we see the world through the lenses of different political...
Dr. Gabow’s Question: Can the American Healthcare System Deliver Health?
Dr. Patty Gabow, the retired CEO  of Denver Health has recently been making a presentation that begins with a rhetorical question, “Can the American Healthcare System Deliver Health?” Any rhetorical question is designed more to get the audience thinking than to...Case Study – Elizabeth Mcarthy
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