Healthcare Musings For May 1, 2026

Healthcare Musings For May 1, 2026

May 1, 2026 Dear Interested Readers,   Can We Get To Universal Access To Care Without Big Changes?   Much of my free time and energy for the past two weekends has been spent in Maine around the birth of our newest grandson. He arrived at Maine Medical Center...
Healthcare Musings For April 17, 2026

Healthcare Musings For April 17, 2026

April 17, 2026 Dear Interested Readers,   A Celebration of a Past Victory In a Time of Great Concern   There was an unusual gathering this past Monday at historic Faneuil Hall on Boston’s waterfront. The current governor of Massachusetts, Maura Healey,...
Healthcare Musings For April 3, 2026

Healthcare Musings For April 3, 2026

April 3, 2026 Dear Interested Readers,   Moral Injury and Burnout: Different, But Both Challenge The Future Of Healthcare    In 2005, I was 60 years old and beginning to think about when I might retire. I was very busy practicing full-time in the outpatient...
Heaalthcare Musings For March 27, 2026

Heaalthcare Musings For March 27, 2026

March 27, 2026 Dear Interested Readers,   Private Equity in Healthcare Is the Wrong Road to High-Quality, Universal, Equitable, Affordable, and Sustainable Healthcare.    I must remind myself every week that the intended purpose of this weekly letter is to...
Healthcare Musings For March 20, 2026

Healthcare Musings For March 20, 2026

March 20, 2026 Dear Interested Readers,   Healthcare In The Midst of the President’s Chaos and Anger   As a White House correspondent for the New York Times since 2008, and for 20 years before that for the Washington Post, Peter Baker has been a close...
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...