Healthcare Musings For January 5, 2024

Healthcare Musings For January 5, 2024

January 5, 2024 Dear Interested Readers,   A Surprising Event At The Beginning of a Pivotal Year   I have observed presidential campaigns for a long time. I well remember watching the 1952 presidential nominating conventions on our recently acquired black...
Healthcare Musings For June 30, 2023

Healthcare Musings For June 30, 2023

June 30, 2023 Dear Interested Readers,   Where Does Your State Rank?   Every year The Commonwealth Fund ranks the healthcare in each state. This year’s rankings were published last week on June 22 in an article entitled “2023 Scorecard on State Health...
Healthcare Musings For June 23, 2023

Healthcare Musings For June 23, 2023

June 23, 2023 Dear Interested Readers,   Last week, I reviewed Dr. Robert Pearl’s speculations about the recently announced intent of Kaiser to expand its network by acquiring Geisinger Health. As a review, let me remind you that he discussed the issue from three...
Healthcare Musings For May 26, 2023

Healthcare Musings For May 26, 2023

May 26, 2023   Dear Interested Readers,   Dr. Elisabeth Rosenthal published a column last week in The Washington Post entitled “Denials of health-insurance claims are rising — and getting weirder.” Her article caught my eye because it was reprinted in my...
Healthcare Musings For April 14, 2023

Healthcare Musings For April 14, 2023

April 14, 2023 Dear Interested Readers,   Examining The Political Determinants of Health   Last fall, an Interested Reader who lives in Florida sent me an article by Dr. Eric Reinhardt entitled “Medicine for the People: As more and more doctors awaken to the...
Healthcare Musings For March 24, 2023

Healthcare Musings For March 24, 2023

March 24, 2023 Dear Interested Readers,   “Woke” Healthcare: Implicit Racism, DEI, ESG, Biases, Intersectionality, and Duality in Healthcare   I don’t know if you noticed it or not, but some politicians who seek to gain political advantage on the right tried...