Healthcare Musings For 24 January 2020

Healthcare Musings For 24 January 2020

by | Jan 24, 2020 | Featured Post, Hopes in the Future for a Bipartisan Healthcare Process, Impeachment Hearings, political polarization, The Implications For the Future of Healthcare In Trump's Impeachment Verdict, The President's Trial in The Senate, The Triple Aim

  24 January 2020 Dear Interested Readers,   What Will The Long Term Outcome Be?   I have probably watched more of the Impeachment Hearings and Senate trial of Donald John Trump than most of my readers. Most of you work, and when you drag your weary bones home...
Healthcare Musings For 10 January 2020

Healthcare Musings For 10 January 2020

by | Jan 10, 2020 | ACA, Attack on The ACA Through the Courts, Conservative Values, Costs, Elizabeth Warren's Medicare for All Plan, Featured Post, Healthcare as a Right, Jonathan Haidt, Liberal Values, Medicare For All, Medicare For All Who Want It, political polarization, Universal Access

  10 January 2020 Dear Interested Readers,   Do We Need To Better Understanding How Our Values Vary Before We Can Reform Healthcare?   I am always excited when I see an interesting article in the “Perspective Section” of the New England Journal of...
Goodbye 2019, Hello to the 20s

Goodbye 2019, Hello to the 20s

by | Dec 31, 2019 | ACA, Featured Post, Fee for service payment, Global Warming, Healthcare challenges for the "Twenties', healthcare finance, Healthcare Transformation, Value Based Reimbursement, Workforce Shortages in Healthcare

  I am so glad that it is going to be the 20s tomorrow. Bye-bye to a so-so decade. This New Year should be very interesting. There should be events that occur this year that will have a long term significance in our collective experience. I always embrace the New...
Healthcare Musings For 27 December 2019

Healthcare Musings For 27 December 2019

by | Dec 27, 2019 | ACA, Benefits of the ACA, Big Five Tech Companies Invade Healthcare, Costs, Employer Provided Health Insurance, Featured Post, Healthcare as a Right, Medicare For All, Strategy Formation, The 2020 elections, The Public Option, Universal Access

  27 December 2019 Dear Interested Readers,   Looking Back At 2019 As We Think About 2020   I am a maker of New Year’s resolutions. It’s that time of year again. Looking back on 2019 I did a pretty good job. I had some partial successes, and some of my...
Healthcare Musings For 20 December 2019

Healthcare Musings For 20 December 2019

by | Dec 20, 2019 | ACA, Activism in Healthcare, Attack on The ACA Through the Courts, Economic inequality, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, Healthcare as a Right, Impeachment of Donald Trump, Polarization in America, Poverty and healthcare, Social Determinants of Health, The Triple Aim

  20 December 2019  Dear Interested Readers,   Thoughts At The Winter Solstice   The Winter Solstice this year occurs tomorrow, December 21, at 11:20 PM while I am waiting for the opening skit of Saturday NIght Live. It will be the shortest day of the...