Healthcare Musings For April 12, 2024

Healthcare Musings For April 12, 2024

April 12, 2024 Dear Interested Readers,   I Don’t Understand Why Healthcare Isn’t A Top Political Issue   My adventures in healthcare continued this week with my much-anticipated first post-op appointment with my surgeon at Dartmouth which was three weeks...
Healthcare Musings For February 9, 2024

Healthcare Musings For February 9, 2024

February 9, 2024 Dear Interested Readers,   Reflections on Our History of Bias in Medicine and Experience Managing Chronic Diseases   Hospital I want to bring your attention to two recent articles in The New England Journal of Medicine.    The first...
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 September 1, 2023

Healthcare Musings For September 1, 2023

September 1, 2023 Dear Interested Readers,   After 60 Years, Dr. King’s Dream Has Not Come True   If you read these notes regularly, you probably realize that I consider Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. one of our greatest American heroes. There were many...
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...