Healthcare Musings For June 5, 2026

Healthcare Musings For June 5, 2026

June 5, 2026 Dear Interested Readers,   Paul Krugman, Round 3   This week’s letter completes a three-part review of Paul Krugman’s series on the potential for healthcare to be a defining issue in the 2026 mid-term elections and the 2028 presidential...
Healthcare Musings For May 1, 2026

Healthcare Musings For May 1, 2026

May 1, 2026 Dear Interested Readers,   Can We Get To Universal Access To Care Without Big Changes?   Much of my free time and energy for the past two weekends has been spent in Maine around the birth of our newest grandson. He arrived at Maine Medical Center...
Healthcare Musings For April 17, 2026

Healthcare Musings For April 17, 2026

April 17, 2026 Dear Interested Readers,   A Celebration of a Past Victory In a Time of Great Concern   There was an unusual gathering this past Monday at historic Faneuil Hall on Boston’s waterfront. The current governor of Massachusetts, Maura Healey,...
Healthcare Musings For November 27, 2026

Healthcare Musings For November 27, 2026

February 27, 2026 Dear Interested Readers,   Do You Think Trump Can “Fix” Healthcare Cost, Quality, and Access?   I delayed my usual weekly writing process this week because I was interested in hearing whether the president might spend some time talking...
Healthcare Musings For January 2, 2026

Healthcare Musings For January 2, 2026

2 January 2026 Dear Interested Readers,   Looking Back At ‘25 With Regrets, Looking Forward to ‘26 With Hope   Most Sunday mornings, my wife and I record CBS Sunday Morning hosted by veteran TV journalist Jane Pauley. We often don’t listen to it until later...
Healthcare Musings For December 19, 2025

Healthcare Musings For December 19, 2025

December 19, 2025 Dear Interested Readers,   Remembering During the Holidays That Not Everyone Has Enough to Eat, and Trying to Do Something About It.   “Food insecurity” is a good enough phrase, but my take is that it is a clinical euphemism that takes the...