Healthcare Musings For January 2, 2026

Healthcare Musings For January 2, 2026

2 January 2026 Dear Interested Readers,   Looking Back At ‘25 With Regrets, Looking Forward to ‘26 With Hope   Most Sunday mornings, my wife and I record CBS Sunday Morning hosted by veteran TV journalist Jane Pauley. We often don’t listen to it until later...
Healthcare Musings For December 26, 2025

Healthcare Musings For December 26, 2025

December 26, 2025 Dear Interested Readers,   What Are The Attributes of A Good Doctor?   Many doctors are very good writers. This time of year, I see articles talking about the best books of the last year. Usually, on a list of a dozen or more, I might have...
Healthcare Musings For December 12, 2025

Healthcare Musings For December 12, 2025

December 12, 2025 Dear Interested Readers,   I Am Trying to Develop a Little Hope   Now and then, I get an unexpected email response to one of these letters. This week, I got one of those surprises in an email from a longtime reader. He wrote:   Have...
Healthcare Musings For December 5, 2025

Healthcare Musings For December 5, 2025

December 5, 2025 Dear Interested Readers,   We Need a New Approach to Healthcare    Looking back on the years 2008-2013, when I had leadership responsibilities at a large and influential medical practice, I have very mixed feelings. I am pleased to have...
Healthcare Musings For November 7, 2025

Healthcare Musings For November 7, 2025

November 7, 2025 Dear Interested Readers,   Politics, Primary Care, and the Social Determinants of Health   Tuesday’s elections brought a little bit of relief for those of us who have suffered a sense of loss every day since President Trump’s second...
Healthcare Musings For October 10, 2025

Healthcare Musings For October 10, 2025

10 October 2025 Dear Interested Readers,   The Shutdown Is An Exercise in the Political Determinants of Health   In this week’s issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, a poignant essay can be found at the end of the “Perspectives” section. It was...