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The title pretty much covers it. If you feel that you don’t have a voice, or your vote doesn’t count (I have been there) I have news for you. All the rules around you are determined by very few people, Who are they? The ones that showed up.
Healthcare in America Series II, Part 1 – What Urgent Care Actually Is (and Is Not)
Urgency collapses options. Decisions that would normally take days, weeks, or months are compressed into minutes or hours. There’s no time to compare prices, shop for the best facility, or negotiate who sees you first.
Healthcare in America — Series II: When Care Can’t Wait – Podcast Prelude
In the first episode, we’ll explore what urgent care actually is, and what it isn’t. We’ll see how immediacy changes the rules, compresses choices, and forces decisions that no one wants to make lightly. In
Heathcare – Closure of State Run Mental Facilities and Increase in Homeless Population
Overall, Oregon's closures are a microcosm of a national policy that prioritized deinstitutionalization without the necessary infrastructure, directly fueling homelessness by stranding vulnerable people. If you're diving deeper for your healthcare series, sources like HUD's
Coda: What We Know Now – Healthcare in America Series 1
The purpose here was not to provide answers, but to establish a starting point grounded in reality rather than ideology. Any serious conversation going forward has to begin with what healthcare actually is: partially market,
Part 6: When the System Stops Pretending – Healthcare in America
For years, America’s healthcare debates have circled the same familiar arguments: cost, access, innovation, choice. Each side insists the problem is just one adjustment away from being solved — a different payer mix, a different
Part 5: Choice vs. Coverage – Healthcare in America
After responsibility shifts to individuals, the system offers something in return. It offers choice. At first glance, this feels like a fair trade. More options suggest more control. More plans suggest better fit. More flexibility
Part 4: When Responsibility Moves Quietly – Healthcare in America
When health policy stalls, something important happens that is easy to miss. Responsibility doesn’t disappear. It moves. And almost always, it moves away from systems and toward individuals. This shift rarely arrives with an announcement.
A Real-Time Example (Why Markets React Faster Than Voters) – Healthcare in America
Industry groups warn of potential disruptions when 2027 coverage renews in late 2026, though final rates will not be set until April. This adds pressure to an already challenging Medicare Advantage landscape, where many plans
Part 3b – Repetition As Policy Signal – Healthcare in America
When these phrases appear once, they may reflect genuine uncertainty. When they appear repeatedly, over weeks or months, they become signals. The tobacco era showed this clearly. For years, the same reassurances were offered while
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