Healthcare Musings For 6 December 2019

Healthcare Musings For 6 December 2019

  6 December 2019 Dear Interested Readers,   Grass Root Efforts To Address The Social Determinants of Health: Introduction To Partners For Community Wellness   David Brooks’ recent best seller, The Second Mountain: The Quest for a Moral Life was an...
A Closer Look At Our Attitudes About Universal Coverage

A Closer Look At Our Attitudes About Universal Coverage

  After last Friday’s missive had been up on the Internet for a little while, I got a question from an interested reader who lives nearby and frequently walks with me. He wrote:   Gene, Do I know the person you walked with?  Peter’s video is amazing....
Healthcare Musings For 29 November 2019

Healthcare Musings For 29 November 2019

  29 November 2019 Dear Interested Readers,   Have You Heard Enough In The Democratic Debates About Healthcare?    It’s been a little more than a week since most of the Democratic contenders for the nomination for president gathered in Atlanta for their...
Tips On Avoiding Controversy At The Thanksgiving Table

Tips On Avoiding Controversy At The Thanksgiving Table

  Family dinners are much of the “glue” that holds my family together. The picture in today’s header was not taken at a Thanksgiving gathering but it is an excellent representation of the many gatherings around my mother’s table that I cherish in memory. This...
Chronic Disease Management and the Challenges of Impending Workforce Shortages

Chronic Disease Management and the Challenges of Impending Workforce Shortages

  The header for today’s post is a picture of a couple, both in their nineties, who are patiently waiting for a doctor’s appointment. I know a lot about this couple. They are my parents. They were in the vanguard of a growing movement, seniors living into their...