Healthcare Musings For June 5, 2026

Healthcare Musings For June 5, 2026

June 5, 2026 Dear Interested Readers,   Paul Krugman, Round 3   This week’s letter completes a three-part review of Paul Krugman’s series on the potential for healthcare to be a defining issue in the 2026 mid-term elections and the 2028 presidential...
Healthcare Musings For May 22, 2026

Healthcare Musings For May 22, 2026

May 22, 2026 Dear Interested Readers,   If We Hope To Move Ahead Someday, We Need To Know How We Got Here.   Last week’s letter was a bit of a downer. I reported that the Wellesley Offices of Atrius Health had told my wife that she needed to go elsewhere to...
Healthcare Musings For May 8, 2026

Healthcare Musings For May 8, 2026

May 8, 2026 Dear Interested Readers,   How We Got The Mess We Have   My letter to you last week was a review of Paul Krugman’s Substack letter of April 19, which he published as the first installment of a series he is writing about our healthcare. That first...
Healthcare Musings For March 6, 2026

Healthcare Musings For March 6, 2026

March 6, 2026 Dear Interested Readers,   I’m Trying To Look Beyond A Tough Week for the World   I am sure that I was not the only person who was dismayed on awakening Saturday morning. As I strapped on my iWatch, which is usually one of the first things I do...
Healthcare Musings For November 27, 2026

Healthcare Musings For November 27, 2026

February 27, 2026 Dear Interested Readers,   Do You Think Trump Can “Fix” Healthcare Cost, Quality, and Access?   I delayed my usual weekly writing process this week because I was interested in hearing whether the president might spend some time talking...
Healthcare Musings For January 9, 2026

Healthcare Musings For January 9, 2026

January 9, 2026 Dear Interested Readers,   In the Midst of Chaos We Can Focus On Community   Should we say that 2026 is off to a strange start? Our president is now “running” Venezuela. There is adventure on the high seas as we “capture” oil freighters with...