Healthcare Musings For March 6, 2020

Healthcare Musings For March 6, 2020

by | Mar 6, 2020 | "If--" by Rudyard Kipling, 2020 Presidential Debates, ACA, Attacks on Roe v. Wade, Bernie Sanders, Covid-19, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, Healthcare as a Right, Joe Biden, Medicare For All, Public Option

  March 6, 2020 Dear Interested Reader,   What’s Next ?   February was a terrible month. Not only were we dazed and confused by the explosion of the coronavirus, or if prefer, Covid-19, followed by the collapse of the stock market, but the Red Sox...
Healthcare Musings For February 28, 2020

Healthcare Musings For February 28, 2020

by | Feb 28, 2020 | ACA, coronavirus, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, Innovation in Healthcare, Nursing Shortages, Staffing issues in rural healthcare, Stock Market, The 2020 elections, VUCA

  February 28, 2020 Dear Interested Readers,   Unexpected Events And Uncertainty in a VUCA World   It has happened again. This last week was one where events seemed to suddenly converge on us to remind us of an important reality, change is a constant in...
Healthcare Musings for February 21, 2020

Healthcare Musings for February 21, 2020

by | Feb 21, 2020 | Costs, Democratic Presidential Debates, Employer Provided Health Insurance, healthcare finance, out of pocket healthcare costs, Stein's Law, Surprise Medical Bills

  February 21, 2020 Dear Interested Readers, Surprise Medical Bills, Another Price Some Must Pay To Have Choice?   Dr. Elisabeth Rosenthal has a remarkable ability to explain complex issues. Her healthcare credentials are as impressive as her journalistic...
Discovering The Healthcare Wisdom of Communitarianism In An Old Book

Discovering The Healthcare Wisdom of Communitarianism In An Old Book

by | Feb 18, 2020 | Amitai Etzioni, Communitarianism, Conservative Values, Era 3: the moral era, Featured Post, Liberal Values, Polarization in America, Progressive Values, Social Determinants of Health, The Triple Aim

  More often than I like to admit, I am surprised and embarrassed by my lack of familiarity with something that is news to me that has been general knowledge for others for some time. It happened again this week. I had never heard of communitarianism or Amitai...
Healthcare Musings For 7 February 2020

Healthcare Musings For 7 February 2020

by | Feb 7, 2020 | 2020 Presidential Debates, ACA, Attack on The ACA Through the Courts, Featured Post, Impeachment Hearings, Medicare For All, political polarization, Politics, pre existing conditions, President Trump, Social Determinants of Health, The President's Trial in The Senate, The Triple Aim

  7 February 2020 Dear Interested Readers,   What’s Next?   The Valley News, my local newspaper, serves me in two ways, if it is delivered. Delivery has been erratic over the last six months since the delivery man, “Sonnie,” got mad at someone in...