Looking Ahead With Thanks and Hope Through the Aftermath of the Election

Looking Ahead With Thanks and Hope Through the Aftermath of the Election

by | Nov 24, 2020 | ACA, Bipartisan Healthcare Process, Build Back Better, Don Berwick, Donald Trump's Reluctance to accept the outcome of the election, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, Polarization in America, The 2020 election, The Public Option

  This time three weeks ago many Americans were wearing masks while standing in lines with six feet of distance on either side from others in line while waiting patiently to cast their vote. Some stood for hours in lines designed to discourage them from...
Healthcare Musings For November 6, 2020

Healthcare Musings For November 6, 2020

by | Nov 6, 2020 | ACA, Bipartisan Healthcare Process, diseases of despair, Donald Trump's future, Donald Trump's Reluctance to accept the outcome of the election, Featured Post, Healthcare in Rural America, Improving the health of the poor, Joe Biden, John McCain, Retrograde Mercury, Social Determinants of Health, the plight of "red state" rural Americans, the president's lies, The Triple Aim

  November 6, 2020  Dear Interested Readers,   Observations During A Nail Biter That Will Determine The Future Of The Country And Healthcare   I have been watching CNN or listening to NPR for most of the time since the polls closed on Tuesday evening....
Tips On Avoiding Controversy At The Thanksgiving Table

Tips On Avoiding Controversy At The Thanksgiving Table

by | Nov 26, 2019 | Active Listening, Bipartisan Healthcare Process, Conservative Values, Dialog Across the Divide, Jonathan Haidt, Progressive Values, The Challenges of Thanksgiving conversations

  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...
Healthcare Musings For 23 August 2019

Healthcare Musings For 23 August 2019

by | Aug 23, 2019 | 2020 Presidential Debates, ACA, Attack on The ACA Through the Courts, Bipartisan Healthcare Process, Brett Kavanaugh, Burnout, Featured Post, History of Healthcare Reform, Quadruple Aim, The Triple Aim

23 August 2019 Dear Interested Readers,   Let’s Not Forget The Triple Aim As We Debate The Future of Healthcare   I am not really complaining, but I have been waiting for a very long time. Living in expectation on the cusp of a better future is not easy. Let...
Healthcare Musings for 31 August 2018

Healthcare Musings for 31 August 2018

by | Aug 31, 2018 | Benefits of the ACA, Bipartisan Healthcare Process, Economic inequality, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, Healthcare as a Right, Healthcare Transformation, Inequality in Healthcare, Joy in Practice, Lean

31 August 2018 Dear Interested Readers, Whataboutism, Pivoting, Economic Injustice, and Healthcare Lately I have been asking people in my circle of acquaintances what they think about “whataboutism.” I have gotten many blank stares which indicates to me that some...