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October 19, 2010
Healthcare is now the beaten step-child of these mid-term elections. Setting aside any biases or political opinions, one can look at this situation and know that the people who are up in arms about any changes to the current health care system are those who either have great insurance and a good job, or who
Read more >September 22, 2010
That change is in the air is hardly surprising. The whole country is in disarray with uncertainty being the state of the world and change seeming to be both imminent and equally risky. Healthcare reform mandates begins today with annual caps on benefits being erased, with kids being able to stay on their parents insurance
Read more >July 20, 2010
Right now, at this moment, it feels like summer is hardly the light-hearted, joyful playtime of my childhood. Even as all of us see some progress in capping the renegade oil well in the Gulf, the damage done is almost inconceivable, let alone reversible. Then, schools, the backbone of our Democracy and certainly the ruler
Read more >June 16, 2010
As you may know, this month is our 18th anniversary of producing the C.A.R.E. Channel. I must admit that I am stunned not so much by the number of years we have been doing this work, but by the fact that we have survived so many changes in our society and in health care. At
Read more >April 15, 2010
As I wrote about Florence Nightingale’s standard of expectations to use well the powers we have, I felt the sudden relief that I was not responsible for what I could not do, nor change, nor influence. Nor should I worry about skills I may never have, knowledge I may never acquire, athleticism that is clearly
Read more >January 20, 2010
Two years ago, the holiday season was forever marred by the Tsunami in Indonesia This year, we being the New Year with a tragic earthquake in Haiti, a country so poor that the rebuild will be challenging to say the least. Earthquakes are forces of nature. Election results are forces of voters. Recovery from cancer
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