Healthcare, health policy, cognitive science. , and the path to Universal Healthcare..
FRONTLINE: sick around the world: interviews: uwe reinhardt & tsung–mei cheng PBS Wow. I can’t say enough about this interview. It is so on the mark in so many ways, … Continue reading “FRONTLINE: sick around the world: interviews: uwe reinhardt & tsung-mei cheng | PBS”
I have been following the work of Anat Schenker-Osorio, hereafter ASO, for quite some time. But lately I’ve become more of a fan. I found an interview with her from … Continue reading “Reconciling Anat Schenker-Osorio, Mariana Mazzucato, Jonah Berger, Dan Ariely, Anand Giridharadas, and me.”
In the interest of “showing my work,” and showing the process that got me to here, it occurred to me after writing my post about Political Sustainability of the US … Continue reading “Showing my work – why cognitive psychology and why a Kefauver-type commission?”
In my post Friday, the discussion turned to conservatives’ views on universal healthcare, specifically about the deserving/undeserving paradigm. I have written about this before a great length, including in a … Continue reading “Rethinking Conservatives Views on “the Undeserving””
[These blog entries are my notes and takeaways from Jonah Berger’s amazing book, The Catalyst as I apply them to Universal Healthcare.] The Need for Freedom and Autonomy Berger, Jonah. … Continue reading “Using Catalyst as framework for Moral Healthcare Chapter 1: Reactance”
[These blog entries are my notes and takeaways from Jonah Berger’s amazing book, The Catalyst as I apply them to Universal Healthcare.] Endowment (Wikipedia): people are more likely to retain … Continue reading “Using Catalyst as framework for Moral Healthcare Chapter 2: Endowment”
“A common incantation during debates on health reform… is ‘that we all want the same thing; we merely disagree on how best to get there.’ That is rubbish.” – Uwe … Continue reading “We’re not ready for Single Payer Healthcare (because we disagree on basic morality)*”
Three Books: A Summary of a Doctors for America Session held at the National Leadership Conference on November 9, 2019 I recently did a workshop session at the Doctors for … Continue reading “Three Books: A Summary of a Doctors for America Session held at the National Leadership Conference”
Thinking fast and slow about universal healthcare. I have been thinking about healthcare reform in general and universal healthcare in particular, for decades now. I am well aware of the … Continue reading “Notes and thoughts: Thinking fast and slow about universal healthcare.”
The Dowd and Allison article appeared in Health Affairs, and fortunately Uwe Reinhardt has analyzed it in a reality-based context. An excerpt: The view that private markets — whether or … Continue reading “Unpacking The Meaning Of ‘Rationing’: A Response To Dowd And Allison – Health Affairs Blog”
