Healthcare Musings For 11 October 2019

Healthcare Musings For 11 October 2019

11 October 2019 Dear Interested Readers,   Where Would You Start?   When I listen to politicians talk, at least the ones running for president, the health care problems they are interested in solving are mostly limited to how we achieve universal access and...
How Is The Public Connecting To The Healthcare Debate?

How Is The Public Connecting To The Healthcare Debate?

When I opened my Sunday paper this week, I was delighted to see two healthcare related articles on the front page. The first article written by Nora Doyle-Burr, a staff writer for the paper, was entitled “Health care a pressing issue in 2020 for many Upper Valley...
Healthcare Musings For 16 August 2019

Healthcare Musings For 16 August 2019

16 August 2019 Dear Interested Readers, Race and Healthcare   The New York Times Magazine has launched a program this month that it is calling “The 1619 Project.” This year is the 400th anniversary of slavery in America. The piece that you will find if you follow...
Healthcare Musings For 28 June 2019

Healthcare Musings For 28 June 2019

28 June 2019   Dear Interested Readers,   The Democrats, Healthcare, and More: It’s Complicated   For the past two nights we have had our first look at the twenty highest polling contenders for the nomination of the Democratic Party for president....
4 June 2019: Improving the Health of the Nation Through The Green New Deal

4 June 2019: Improving the Health of the Nation Through The Green New Deal

Sometimes it feels to me like there are too many balls in the air. Back when I was practicing medicine, a time that is quickly fading from view as I try to use the rearview mirror of memory, I would categorize my colleagues by the way they approached problems as...