“Slavery has produced a legacy of racism, injustice, and brutality that runs from 1619 to the present, and that legacy infects medicine as it does all social institutions… Now, amid an acute public health crisis that is transforming medicine, perhaps we have an opportunity to reset our priorities to face this deeper, more chronic crisis … Continue reading Systemic Racism & Healthcare Reform
Author: Duncan S. MacLean MD
Medicare for All Requires Healthcare Delivery Reform
I am happy to re-blog this post entitled, Medicare for All Requires Healthcare Delivery Reform, below. This post was offered by fellow blogger Ken Terry, who has been a respected health economics journalist for decades. I add comments about points of agreement, some other valid insights, alternative points of emphasis, and questions, posed somewhat rhetorically. … Continue reading Medicare for All Requires Healthcare Delivery Reform
Abortion & Healthcare Reform: A Matter of Conscience?
Conscience, Miranov, 2015 Abortion is a stumbling block to healthcare reform. Fear that a government-financed system would trample over individuals’ convictions about abortion is one of the most impassioned objections to reform. Is there a way to honor strong values for and against abortion within a reformed system? This post will explore conscientious objection as … Continue reading Abortion & Healthcare Reform: A Matter of Conscience?
Yuval Levin’s Pragmatic Conservative Approach to Healthcare Reform
Respected conservative thinker and policy expert Yuval Levin adds a healthy dose of pragmatism to what has all too often been a bitterly ideological debate over healthcare reform. This post will look at Levin’s ideology and his pragmatism. First, let’s find the several broad areas in his analyses that line up with this Fixing U.S. … Continue reading Yuval Levin’s Pragmatic Conservative Approach to Healthcare Reform
Covid-19 Shut-Down Is A Cost-Benefit Bargain
Covid-19 has everyone talking about cost-benefit analysis. The President himself started the conversation with his notorious tweet, “We can’t have the cure be worse than the problem.” Fixing U.S. Healthcare blog has touted cost-benefit analysis as a key approach to taming the healthcare cost tapeworm. This week, columnist Tom Friedman and political philosopher Michael Sandel … Continue reading Covid-19 Shut-Down Is A Cost-Benefit Bargain
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