Healthcare Musings For 27 December 2019

Healthcare Musings For 27 December 2019

  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

  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...
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 11 October 2019

Healthcare Musings For 11 October 2019

11 October 2019 Dear Interested Readers,   Where Would You Start?   When I listen to politicians talk, at least the ones running for president, the health care problems they are interested in solving are mostly limited to how we achieve universal access and...
How Is The Public Connecting To The Healthcare Debate?

How Is The Public Connecting To The Healthcare Debate?

When I opened my Sunday paper this week, I was delighted to see two healthcare related articles on the front page. The first article written by Nora Doyle-Burr, a staff writer for the paper, was entitled “Health care a pressing issue in 2020 for many Upper Valley...