Healthcare Musings For October 23, 2020

Healthcare Musings For October 23, 2020

by | Oct 23, 2020 | 2020 Presidential Debates, ACA, Attack on The ACA Through the Courts, Black Lives Matter, Dr. Anthony Fauci, Economic Implications of COVID-19, Featured Post, Inequality, Judge Amy Coney Barrett, Pandemic Management, Polarization in America, Poverty and healthcare, pre existing conditions, Social Determinants of Health, the threat of a conservative court to the ACA

October 23, 2020 Dear Interested Readers,   Finally, The Debates Are Over. What Did We Learn About The Future of Healthcare? What Did We Learn About The Candidates That We Did Not Already Know?   My expectations were low. What should your expectations be...
Healthcare Musings For October 16, 2020

Healthcare Musings For October 16, 2020

by | Oct 16, 2020 | ACA, Attack on The ACA Through the Courts, Confirmation hearings for Judge Amy Coney Barrett, Donald Trump's management of COVID-19, Economic Implications of COVID-19, Featured Post, Inequality, Judge Amy Coney Barrett, Personal responses to the challenges of COVID-19, Presidential Politics, Social Determinants of Health, The 2020 election, the threat of a conservative court to the ACA

  October 16, 2020 Dear Interested Readers,   Holding My Breath With My Fingers Crossed   There are less than three weeks until the election! It feels like this ordeal has been going on for four years, and I guess it has. The campaign for victory in...
Healthcare Musings For September 18, 2020

Healthcare Musings For September 18, 2020

by | Sep 18, 2020 | and healthcare, Boston Medical Center, Covid-19, George Floyd, Health Care Policy in the Wake of COVID-19, Inequality in Healthcare, Public Health, Racial Inequality, Racism in America, Social Determinants of Health

  September 18, 2020 Dear Interested Readers, Pondering the Message of Caste in the Context of These Times   One of the benefits of retirement is the time to participate in book groups and other gatherings of older folks who are still interested in a wider...
COVID Fatigue Is A Creeping Problem, But There Is Even More That Worries Me.

COVID Fatigue Is A Creeping Problem, But There Is Even More That Worries Me.

by | Sep 15, 2020 | 2020 Presidential Debates, Authoritarianism, Covid-19, Economic Implications of COVID-19, Featured Post, Public Health, Racism in America, Social Determinants of Health, The Triple Aim, Universal Access

  Summer is fading fast into early fall where I live. I have already had a few roaring fires in my fireplace as overnight temps slip into the high thirties. Our fireplace has an elevated hearth where I enjoy sitting as I soak up warmth from a primeval source that...
Healthcare Musings For September 11, 2020

Healthcare Musings For September 11, 2020

by | Sep 11, 2020 | a personal testimony, Featured Post, Healthcare as a Right, Housing shortages as a social determinant of health, Kearsarge Neighborhood Partners, Opioid Epidemic, out of pocket healthcare costs, Poverty and healthcare, Remembering 9/11, Six Domains of Quality, Social Determinants of Health

  September 11, 2020 Dear Interested Readers,   It’s Nineteen Years, And It Seems Like Yesterday   You need to be in your mid eighties to remember anything about the Holocaust or World War II. If, like me, you are 75, you might remember the Korean War....
Eight weeks of Increased Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, and Ambiguity Lie Ahead

Eight weeks of Increased Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, and Ambiguity Lie Ahead

by | Sep 8, 2020 | Future of Heathcare, Health Care Policy in the Wake of COVID-19, Public Health, Racial Inequality, Social Determinants of Health, Strategy, The 2020 election, The Triple Aim, VUCA

  November 3rd lies exactly eight weeks into the future. In the interim we will be in a period of extreme VUCA. If you are a new or casual reader of these postings you may not understand what I am implying by saying it will be a period of extreme VUCA. Even if...