Healthcare Musings Fro 25 January 2019
25 January 2019 Dear Interested Readers, Who Is Responsible? A few weeks ago, for the first post of the year, I returned to writing about the intersection of poverty and healthcare. One motivation was the realization that this year was the...
Will It Ever End?
Since the latest open enrollment period for the ACA ended on December 15, I thought that now would be a good time to review all of the administrative attacks that the Trump administration had made on this much maligned law. It amazes me that a law that has given so...
Healthcare Musings for 9 November 2018
9 November 2018 Dear Interested Readers Where From Here? I finished the Strategy Healthcare post for November 6, Election Day, with the following statement: I am hopeful, not optimistic, that this election will initiate a set of events that...
Senator Jeff Merkley, A Leader With The Potential To Make A Difference
With the growing concerns about the need for change and the approaching election, last Sunday afternoon my wife and I volunteered to go door to door for our local Democratic Party in a “get out the vote” effort. We do not want to wake up in two weeks on November 7...
Slip Slidin’ Away, Redux
Last May I lifted the title and the hook from one of Paul Simon’s songs to write “Is the Triple Aim ‘Slip Slidin’ Away?” The recurrent passage or chorus in the song is: Slip slidin’ away Slip slidin’ away You know the nearer your destination The...Case Study – Elizabeth Mcarthy
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