Healthcare Musings For July 10, 2026

Healthcare Musings For July 10, 2026

July 10, 2026 Dear Interested Readers,   Physicians and The Declaration of Independence: Redux   When I signed off on my second attempt at last week’s letter discussing the participation of physicians who signed the Declaration of Independence, I thought it...
Healthcare Musings For July 3, 2026-updated

Healthcare Musings For July 3, 2026-updated

July 3, 2026 Dear Interested Readers,   Oops!   I goofed! An unfinished version of this letter appeared in your email on Wednesday. Maybe it was the heat. Maybe it was evidence of intellectual decline. For whatever reason, I inadvertently released a rough...
Healthcare Musings For June 26, 2026

Healthcare Musings For June 26, 2026

June 26, 2026 Dear Interested Readers,   When Will Doctors Take A Stand?   Exactly a year ago, The New England Journal of Medicine began a remarkable series in its “Perspectives” section entitled The Corporatization of U.S. Health Care. There was a companion...
Healthcare Musings For June 19, 2026

Healthcare Musings For June 19, 2026

June 19, 2026 Dear Interested Readers,   AI May Not “Save” Healthcare, but It Is Changing It   If you follow the list of headings that appear at the beginning of each of these letters, you know that one of the most frequent topics is “Future of Healthcare.”...
Healthcare Musings For November 21, 2025

Healthcare Musings For November 21, 2025

November 21, 2025 Dear Interested Readers,   Thoughts While Visiting Portland, Oregon   Early last Monday, my wife and I were up before dawn in order to get to the airport in Manchester with plenty of time to make it through any unexpected barriers at TSA...
Healthcare Musings For October 31, 2025

Healthcare Musings For October 31, 2025

31 October 2025 Dear Interested Readers,   A Potpourri: SNAP, Dental Health, and AI In Primary Care   My original intent this week was to write about the disaster that many of my neighbors and millions of Americans are experiencing with the cessation of SNAP...