Healthcare Musings For September 10, 2021

Healthcare Musings For September 10, 2021

September 10, 2021 Dear Interested Readers,   9/11 and 2001 Remembered and Reflections   I was deeply moved by a casual statement made by a news commentator about how young the thirteen soldiers were who were killed by the ISIS terrorist bomber who blew...
Healthcare Musings For August 20, 2021

Healthcare Musings For August 20, 2021

  August 20, 2021 Dear Interested Readers,   Introspection, Reflection, and Anticipation. You Think and Feel Better Outdoors   It’s been a difficult week for a lot of people. Fires continue to burn over large areas of the West even as we have become...
Healthcare Musings For July 30, 2021

Healthcare Musings For July 30, 2021

  July 30, 2021 Dear Interested Readers,   Is “Normal” A Concept That Is Over?   This summer has been a very strange season with some very violent weather. Some days feel eerily spooky with a dangerous heavy haze from the West Coast fires hanging over...
Healthcare Musings For June 18, 2021

Healthcare Musings For June 18, 2021

  June 18, 2021 Dear Interested Readers,   Juneteenth and a Reconfirmed ACA on One Day Speak Loudly to a Legacy of Poverty and Healthcare Disparities.    Early this week, my plan for this letter was built around a review of the history of Juneteenth...
Primary Care and Rural Health Systems Are Victims of COVID-19. What’s Next For Them?

Primary Care and Rural Health Systems Are Victims of COVID-19. What’s Next For Them?

  I was on a socially distanced walk with my seventeen year old granddaughter this week, and we were talking about how quickly and unexpectedly life has changed. She and her parents usually come every summer for a quick visit. They fly into Logan Airport on a...
Healthcare Musings For June 26, 2020

Healthcare Musings For June 26, 2020

  June 26, 2020 Dear Interested Readers,   Frustrated, Frightened, But Hoping    I have read hundreds of thousands of words about the COVID-19 epidemic. There are several great writers at The Atlantic who have provided excellent reports and analysis,...