Post-Election Healthcare Reform

Armageddon or brave new world? With the economy in a tailspin and the federal government experiencing a record national debt (about $47,000 owed for every American), Draconian changes in healthcare are on the horizon. The twenty-two months of political campaigning and advertizing have really not given us much insight as to how the presidential candidates will […]

An Impending Hanging

Will Health 2.0 be compromised by the economic downturn? Nothing focuses the mind like an impending hanging. — Samuel Johnson I’ve been preparing for tomorrow’s 3rd Health 2.0 conference in San Francisco, where I’ll join my pals Matthew, Indu Subaiya, Jane Sarasohn-Kahn and Michael Millenson amid a Who’s-Who cast of health industry luminaries. I spent […]

Indifference and Fear

Twin obstacles to human progressOver these past few months, it has become clear to most that change is upon us, whether we like it or not. We can manage it, or it can manage us. Psychologists say that change is unique in human experiences in its ability to instill in human beings two opposing emotions […]

The Financial Crisis and Medical Bankruptcy

Will the financial crisis accelerate medical bankruptcy?As we’ve learned over the past few weeks, America’s finances have been massively mismanaged in the wake of intentional dismantling of our historic checks and balances. What we’ve also been forced to acknowledge is that our economy, on a national and global level, is an extraordinarily integrated affair. Everything, […]

There’s More to NYC than Wall Street

Have a look!It’s a rainy day on Wall Street, both literally and figuratively! But there’s more to NYC then Wall Street, as my good friend and lifelong New Yorker Peter Frishauf shared with me today. Have a look at this 6 minute film. It reminds us all that whether urban or country, mountain or sea, […]

Universal coverage?

One subscriber says yes, but people must take responsibility Since launching Health Commentary and starting our Healthy Voices project, we have received many emails from subscribers addressing their opinions on health care reform. One of the frequent topics is: Should the U.S. have universal health care coverage? Sheryl Bungo of Pittsburgh recently shared her opinion on […]

Real Health Advertising

Direct-to-Consumer marketing has its benefitsOver the years, I’ve been on all sides of health care, including a stint directing the Pfizer Medical Humanities Initiative (PMHI). In this role, I worked to leverage the knowledge, assets and resources of a Fortune 10 company to advantage the broader interests of health consumers and the professionals who cared […]

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