Healthcare Musings For June 12, 2026

Healthcare Musings For June 12, 2026

June 12, 2026 Dear Interested Readers,   Interesting Changes In Medical Education   If you read my letter from last Friday, you know that I was writing from Boston, where my wife and I had gone for my medical school class reunion. Our minds play tricks on...
Healthcare Musings For June 5, 2026

Healthcare Musings For June 5, 2026

June 5, 2026 Dear Interested Readers,   Paul Krugman, Round 3   This week’s letter completes a three-part review of Paul Krugman’s series on the potential for healthcare to be a defining issue in the 2026 mid-term elections and the 2028 presidential...
Healthcare Musings For September 29, 2023

Healthcare Musings For September 29, 2023

September 29, 2023 Dear Interested Readers,   A Hybrid Letter   For several weeks, I have suspended most of my comments about current issues in healthcare, healthcare policy, current politics, and policies that impact our health. In lieu of those usual...
Healthcare Musings For September 15, 2023

Healthcare Musings For September 15, 2023

September 15, 2023 Dear Interested Readers,   My Story Continues   My medical training occurred in the shadow of the Vietnam Era draft. Early on, college students were protected as long as they were enrolled. The result was that there was social inequity....
Healthcare Musings: August 25, 2023

Healthcare Musings: August 25, 2023

August 25, 2023 Dear Interested Readers,   The Continuing Story   If you have not read this letter in the past few weeks, let me inform you that I have been on an autobiographical journey. The trip began as a reflection on moral injury in medical practice. I...
Healthcare Musings For August 18, 2023

Healthcare Musings For August 18, 2023

August 18, 2023 Dear Interested Readers,   A Continuing Story   I am continuing “my story” this week although I am very tempted to discuss “issues.” It has been a week that should make us a little nervous as we begin to realize that we may have miscalculated...