Healthcare Musings For 2 August 2019

Healthcare Musings For 2 August 2019

2 August 2019   Dear Interested Readers,   What Have We Learned So Far From Listening To The Democratic Debates?   This last week we entertained some old friends from Massachusetts. We were neighbors. We attended the same church. We share many fond...
Are You Ready For Round Two?

Are You Ready For Round Two?

You can be sure that tonight and tomorrow night I will be interested in the outcome of the Red Sox/Tampa Bay games, but I won’t be watching. My eyes and ears will be tuned to round two of the Democratic Presidential Primary Debates in Detroit. Since the last debate,...
Creative Destruction, Adaptive Change, and the Continuing Movement Toward  Universal Coverage

Creative Destruction, Adaptive Change, and the Continuing Movement Toward Universal Coverage

The picture in the header of this post is my attempt to create an image that represents Creative Destruction, or if you prefer a more dramatic term, Schumpeter’s gale. I will get back to those terms, but first let me fully explain the meaning of the image by...
Many Things Have Changed Despite Resistance to Change

Many Things Have Changed Despite Resistance to Change

Sometimes when my mind is wandering around with no particular place to go I like to think about all the things that have changed in my lifetime. For example, our first telephone number that I can remember was just three digits. My grandmother was on a “party line”...