Hope, Peace, Joy, Love: What the Holidays Are All About

Hope, Peace, Joy, Love: What the Holidays Are All About

by | Dec 24, 2019 | Advent and Christmas, Conservative Values, Empathy, Featured Post, Hanukkah, Health in America, Liberal Values, Making America Great Again, Medicare For All, Polarization in America, Progressive Values, The Triple Aim

  This year Christmas falls in the middle of Hanukkah. I think the overlap creates an opportunity to celebrate the deeper meaning that is shared between these overlapping religious traditions. Both holidays are celebrated near the winter solstice, a time...
Healthcare Musings For 20 December 2019

Healthcare Musings For 20 December 2019

by | Dec 20, 2019 | ACA, Activism in Healthcare, Attack on The ACA Through the Courts, Economic inequality, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, Healthcare as a Right, Impeachment of Donald Trump, Polarization in America, Poverty and healthcare, Social Determinants of Health, The Triple Aim

  20 December 2019  Dear Interested Readers,   Thoughts At The Winter Solstice   The Winter Solstice this year occurs tomorrow, December 21, at 11:20 PM while I am waiting for the opening skit of Saturday NIght Live. It will be the shortest day of the...
Healthcare Musings For 6 December 2019

Healthcare Musings For 6 December 2019

by | Dec 6, 2019 | a personal testimony, Activism in Healthcare, Community Health Workers., Community Needs Assessments, Dartmouth Hitchcock Health, Featured Post, Kearsarge Neighborhood Partnership, Partners For Community Wellness, Population Health, Social Determinants of Health, The Second Mountain: The Quest For a Moral Life

  6 December 2019 Dear Interested Readers,   Grass Root Efforts To Address The Social Determinants of Health: Introduction To Partners For Community Wellness   David Brooks’ recent best seller, The Second Mountain: The Quest for a Moral Life was an...
A Closer Look At Our Attitudes About Universal Coverage

A Closer Look At Our Attitudes About Universal Coverage

by | Dec 3, 2019 | 2020 Presidential Debates, ACA, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, Medicare For All, Medicare For All Who Want It, Polarization in America, Repeal and Replace, Universal Access

  After last Friday’s missive had been up on the Internet for a little while, I got a question from an interested reader who lives nearby and frequently walks with me. He wrote:   Gene, Do I know the person you walked with?  Peter’s video is amazing....
Healthcare Musings For 29 November 2019

Healthcare Musings For 29 November 2019

by | Nov 29, 2019 | 2020 Presidential Debates, Adaptive Change, Elizabeth Warren's Medicare for All Plan, Featured Post, healthcare for the rural and urban poor, Healthcare Quality, Medicare For All, Medicare For All Who Want It, Single payer, the difficulties of change, The Triple Aim

  29 November 2019 Dear Interested Readers,   Have You Heard Enough In The Democratic Debates About Healthcare?    It’s been a little more than a week since most of the Democratic contenders for the nomination for president gathered in Atlanta for their...