Better Healthcare Requires A Bipartisan Expression of Reciprocal Altruism

Better Healthcare Requires A Bipartisan Expression of Reciprocal Altruism

by | Jul 25, 2017 | ACA, Better Care and Reconciliation Act of 2017, Featured Post, Improving the health of the poor, Medicaid Reform, Repeal and Replace, the healthcare debate, The Senate's turn at healthcare reform, The Triple Aim

A major event that changed the way I see the world occurred in 1995 when I read Robert Wright’s The Moral Animal: Why We Are The Way We Are: the New Science of Evolutionary Psychology. The book was so good that I immediately gobbled up Nonzero: The Logic of Human...
The Attack on Medicaid and the Spirit of the Fourth of July

The Attack on Medicaid and the Spirit of the Fourth of July

by | Jul 4, 2017 | ACA, Better Care and Reconciliation Act of 2017, Featured Post, Medicaid Reform, The Senate's turn at healthcare reform, The Triple Aim

When I heard that Mitch McConnell had announced that he would not be seeking a vote in the Senate on the “Better Care and Reconciliation Act of 2017” before the July 4th recess I was upset because McConnell’s move seemed similar to the one Paul Ryan pulled in March...
“Repeal and Replace”: Finally, Something From the Republican Leadership

“Repeal and Replace”: Finally, Something From the Republican Leadership

by | Feb 28, 2017 | ACA, Featured Post, Healthcare Policy, Medicaid Reform, Presidential Politics, Repeal and Replace, The Triple Aim

This last week Congress has been recessed for the Presidents’ Day holiday week. Paul Ryan accurately anticipated that many of Republican members of Congress would be having town meetings with their constituents and would face angry voters who wanted to talk down the...
Good Strategy in a Fog of Uncertainty

Good Strategy in a Fog of Uncertainty

by | Feb 7, 2017 | ACA, ACO, Burnout, Costs, Featured Post, Healthcare Transformation, Medicaid Reform, Medicare Reform, Presidential Politics, Repeal and Replace, Resources, Strategy, The Triple Aim

There is no challenge like the challenge of creating a strategic plan in uncertain times. What do you do when you do not know what to do? That is a question that frequently challenges leaders. Over eight years ago, after Lehman Brothers had failed and the value of the...