Healthcare Musings For July 5, 2024
July 5, 2024 Dear Interested Readers Let’s Think about Joe There has been something weird going on in cyberspace. Three weeks ago the notification service that I use each week to send an email to you saying that there is a new letter for you to...
Healthcare Musings For June 28, 2024
June 24, 2024 Dear Interested Readers, The Big Debate This has been an unusual week. Waiting for a big event has always been hard for me. As a child, it always seemed like my birthday or Christmas would never come. Waiting nine months to meet a new baby...
Healthcare Musings For June 21, 2024
June 21, 2024 Dear Interested Readers, Reflecting On The Real Significance of Juneteenth Our newest national holiday, Juneteenth, was celebrated this past Wednesday, June 19th. It was well publicized, but my assumption is that for many Americans the day...
Healthcare Musings For June 14, 2024
June 14, 2024 Dear Interested Readers, Reflections On This Moment In Healthcare When I began to write these Friday letters sixteen years ago in mid-February 2008, it was much easier than my task now. All I needed to do then to discover plenty to write...
Healthcare Musings For June 7, 2024
June 7, 2024 Dear Interested Readers, Political Dermanents of Health I have written many letters to you that focus on the various aspects of the social determinants of health. Much less frequently I have mentioned the political determinants of health. As...
Healthcare Musings For May 31, 2024
May 31, 2024 Dear Interested Readers Last Minute Edits Triggered By The Trump Verdict Every day during the last seven weeks when the court was in session during Trump’s hush money trial my routine was to follow the comments from the reporters attending...
Healthcare Musings For May 24, 2024
May 24, 2024 Dear Interested Readers, A Conversation That Gives Us Guidance Regular readers of these notes know that I have high regard for the Commonwealth Fund. I quote their articles frequently. I am grateful that in the sixties Dr. Ebert won...
Healthcare Musings For May 17, 2024
May 17, 2024 Dear Interested Readers, Trouble In Massachusetts I lived in Massachusetts from 1967 until late 2014. I loved the progressive attitude that was so easily discernable in the circles where I moved. The most dramatic expression of that unique...
Healthcare Musings For May 10, 2024
May 10, 2024 Dear Interested Readers, A Flash Back To Tense Times The biggest stories in the news over the past few weeks have been Donald Trump’s trial in New York, the continuing efforts to end the war in Gaza, and the police reactions to the...Case Study – Elizabeth Mcarthy
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