Healthcare Musings For January 22, 2021

Healthcare Musings For January 22, 2021

  January 22, 2021 Dear Interested Readers,   An Inspiring Call To Climb The Hill Of Our Unfinished Work   If you read my post from Tuesday, you know that I was very excited about the inauguration of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. The demographics alone...
Tomorrow Is A New Beginning

Tomorrow Is A New Beginning

  I will be watching television most of the day tomorrow. The first inauguration that I remember watching was for President John Kennedy. The first televised inauguration was for Harry Truman in 1949. My family did not have a television until 1952 so I may have...
Fresh Wisdom For These Times From Don Berwick

Fresh Wisdom For These Times From Don Berwick

  I don’t really remember when I first met Don Berwick. He joined Harvard Community Health Plan in the late seventies as a pediatrician. I began my career there a few years earlier in 1975 right out of my training at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital before it...
One Day at A Time Through The Uncertainty Ahead

One Day at A Time Through The Uncertainty Ahead

  Let me offer you an introductory warning and a rationalization. I have to admit that I can’t overcome my compulsion to write about what is on my mind. That lack of self control then forces me to hope that I can twist my obsession of the moment into something...
Joe Has A Hard Road Ahead. What Can We Do?

Joe Has A Hard Road Ahead. What Can We Do?

  Joe Biden has won the presidency no matter what Donald Trump says or does, but the road ahead will be difficult for him and for all who were hoping that all the damage done to dreams of healthcare as a right for all who live in America, affordable universal...
Looking Ahead With Thanks and Hope Through the Aftermath of the Election

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

  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...