Healthcare Musings for 7 September 2018

Healthcare Musings for 7 September 2018

7 September 2018 Dear Interested Readers,   Countering Despair, Maybe   “If something cannot go on forever, it will stop. That’s Stein’s Law. Herbert Stein was a bright man. He was a conservative economist, a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, a...
Taking a Closer Look At the Importance of Federally Qualified Health Centers

Taking a Closer Look At the Importance of Federally Qualified Health Centers

Recent circumstances have moved me to take a closer look at the importance of Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC) and their important role in the immediate future of the evolution of better care for the underserved populations of our nation. I have the bias that...
Understanding How the Amazing Success of the 9.9 Percent is a Risk to Better Healthcare for Everyone

Understanding How the Amazing Success of the 9.9 Percent is a Risk to Better Healthcare for Everyone

I saw aristocracy up close at Harvard Medical School. I quickly realized that some of my classmates were from families that were either power brokers in New York or Washington, or were the elite of American medicine. I discerned that I had been slotted into the class...
We Must Be Inept Because We Do Spend Enough To Do a Better Job

We Must Be Inept Because We Do Spend Enough To Do a Better Job

When my own wellspring of inspiration and self proclaimed insight seems to be temporarily running dry, I compensate by passing on to readers what I am learning from others. There has been a lot to learn from others and to pass on recently. I was particularly intrigued...
Trump’s Genius and Knowing What Divides Our Righteous Minds in Politics and Healthcare

Trump’s Genius and Knowing What Divides Our Righteous Minds in Politics and Healthcare

Someday the presidency of Donald Trump will be a subject for historians. Whatever historians say, I am sure that they will begin the story long before we thought of Trump’s bid for the presidency as anything more than a joke.  The story will not begin with a review of...