Healthcare Musings For July 10, 2026

Healthcare Musings For July 10, 2026

July 10, 2026 Dear Interested Readers,   Physicians and The Declaration of Independence: Redux   When I signed off on my second attempt at last week’s letter discussing the participation of physicians who signed the Declaration of Independence, I thought it...
Healthcare Musings For July 3, 2026-updated

Healthcare Musings For July 3, 2026-updated

July 3, 2026 Dear Interested Readers,   Oops!   I goofed! An unfinished version of this letter appeared in your email on Wednesday. Maybe it was the heat. Maybe it was evidence of intellectual decline. For whatever reason, I inadvertently released a rough...
Healthcare Musings For June 12, 2026

Healthcare Musings For June 12, 2026

June 12, 2026 Dear Interested Readers,   Interesting Changes In Medical Education   If you read my letter from last Friday, you know that I was writing from Boston, where my wife and I had gone for my medical school class reunion. Our minds play tricks on...
Healthcare Musings For June 5, 2026

Healthcare Musings For June 5, 2026

June 5, 2026 Dear Interested Readers,   Paul Krugman, Round 3   This week’s letter completes a three-part review of Paul Krugman’s series on the potential for healthcare to be a defining issue in the 2026 mid-term elections and the 2028 presidential...
Healthcare Musings For May 29, 2026

Healthcare Musings For May 29, 2026

May 29, 2026 Dear Interested Readers   Looking Past Policy Failures To Human Nature   My letter to you two weeks ago revealed that my wife’s PCP had retired and that the practice was unable to provide her with a new PCP. She had originally been assigned to...