Make America Neighborly Again

Make America Neighborly Again

by | Feb 4, 2020 | Daniel Kahneman, Dialog Across the Divide, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, Inequality, Making America Great Again, Poverty and healthcare, the Golden Rule, The Triple Aim, Who Is My Neighbor?

  For more than four years I have had a visceral reaction to red hats with bold letters spelling out Make America Great Again. Occasionally, the hat’s message may be reduced to the acronym MAGA, or some combination of MAGA and Trump. Theoretically, there is...
Healthcare Musings For 31 January 2020

Healthcare Musings For 31 January 2020

by | Jan 31, 2020 | 2020 Presidential Debates, Activism in Healthcare, Burnout, Costs, Dr. David Shulkin, Dr. Samuel Shem, Empathy, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, Harvard Community Health Plan, Population Health, The Triple Aim, Zeev Neuwirth

  31 January 2020 Dear Interested Readers:   Between The Way Things Were And What They Might Become   As I write this edition of “Healthcare Musings,” the Senate trial of President Trump stumbles toward its conclusion. It is difficult for me to accept...
Healthcare Musings For 20 December 2019

Healthcare Musings For 20 December 2019

by | Dec 20, 2019 | ACA, Activism in Healthcare, Attack on The ACA Through the Courts, Economic inequality, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, Healthcare as a Right, Impeachment of Donald Trump, Polarization in America, Poverty and healthcare, Social Determinants of Health, The Triple Aim

  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

by | Dec 3, 2019 | 2020 Presidential Debates, ACA, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, Medicare For All, Medicare For All Who Want It, Polarization in America, Repeal and Replace, Universal Access

  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....
Chronic Disease Management and the Challenges of Impending Workforce Shortages

Chronic Disease Management and the Challenges of Impending Workforce Shortages

by | Nov 19, 2019 | CVS Health Hubs, Future of Heathcare, Improving Ambulatory Practice, Innovation in Healthcare, Shared Medical Appointments, the difficulties of change, The Triple Aim

  The header for today’s post is a picture of a couple, both in their nineties, who are patiently waiting for a doctor’s appointment. I know a lot about this couple. They are my parents. They were in the vanguard of a growing movement, seniors living into their...