Healthcare Musings for October 9, 2020

Healthcare Musings for October 9, 2020

  October 9, 2020  Dear Interested Readers,   Thoughts About Healthcare Now and in the Future While Awaiting the Election   Years ago, when I was a Boy Scout, I garnered all the merit badges associated with the waterfront at camp: swimming, canoeing,...
Speculating On The Implications of Our Latest October Surprise

Speculating On The Implications of Our Latest October Surprise

  A prelude written after reflecting on this this post   I doubt that there is any information in this letter that will be news to you. My guess is that everyone who might read this letter is aware of the events and issues that it covers. These days we all...
An Early “October Surprise”

An Early “October Surprise”

  The talking heads on the Sunday morning news programs went back and forth between appropriately reviewing and honoring the life of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg, and speculating about the politics of naming her successor. One comment caught my ear...
Healthcare Musings For September 18, 2020

Healthcare Musings For September 18, 2020

  September 18, 2020 Dear Interested Readers, Pondering the Message of Caste in the Context of These Times   One of the benefits of retirement is the time to participate in book groups and other gatherings of older folks who are still interested in a wider...
Healthcare Musings For August 21, 2020

Healthcare Musings For August 21, 2020

  August 21, 2020 Dear Interested Readers.   What A Week!   The post on Tuesday reviewed the first night of the Democratic Convention. The high point of the evening was the speech by Michelle Obama. Some of the commentators I heard suggested that it was...
The Political Conventions Have Begun. The Future of Healthcare Depends On What Follows

The Political Conventions Have Begun. The Future of Healthcare Depends On What Follows

  The political conventions for 2020 began last night. I’ve been watching these events longer than I have been paying attention to the Olympics. I first paid attention to the Olympics in 1956, but do not remember seeing them on TV. I remember watching the 1952...