Creative Destruction, Adaptive Change, and the Continuing Movement Toward Universal Coverage

Creative Destruction, Adaptive Change, and the Continuing Movement Toward Universal Coverage

by | Jul 23, 2019 | 2020 Presidential Debates, ACA, Adaptive Change, Creative Destruction, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, Medicare For All, Medicare For All Who Want It, Public Option, The Triple Aim

The picture in the header of this post is my attempt to create an image that represents Creative Destruction, or if you prefer a more dramatic term, Schumpeter’s gale. I will get back to those terms, but first let me fully explain the meaning of the image by...
Transitioning the Conversation from Medicare For All to Medicare for All Who Want It

Transitioning the Conversation from Medicare For All to Medicare for All Who Want It

by | Jul 2, 2019 | 2020 Presidential Debates, ACA, Fee for service payment, Future of Heathcare, Healthcare Transformation, Mariane Williamson, Social Determinants of Health, The Triple Aim, Value Based Reimbursement

Since last week’s First Democratic Presidential Primary debates I keep thinking about Medicare for All versus Medicare for All Who Want It. I am sure there are many things about this complex conversation that I do not completely understand, and in that regard I think...
Healthcare Musings For 28 June 2019

Healthcare Musings For 28 June 2019

by | Jun 28, 2019 | 2020 Presidential Debates, ACA, Competition, Costs, Economic inequality, Featured Post, Fee for service payment, Future of Heathcare, Healthcare as a Right, healthcare finance, MACRA, Medicare Advantage, Medicare For All, Medicare For All Who Want It, Public Option, The Triple Aim

28 June 2019   Dear Interested Readers,   The Democrats, Healthcare, and More: It’s Complicated   For the past two nights we have had our first look at the twenty highest polling contenders for the nomination of the Democratic Party for president....
Healthcare Musings For 26 April 2019

Healthcare Musings For 26 April 2019

by | Apr 26, 2019 | 2020 Presidential Debates, ACA, Attack on The ACA Through the Courts, Benefits of the ACA, Bernie Sanders, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, Joe Biden, Medicare For All

26 April 2019 Dear Interested Readers,   Hello Joe, I Don’t Trust Mitch, And Other Post Op Thoughts   There is nothing that gets you thinking about the future of healthcare in America and what needs to change, like a personal encounter with our healthcare...