OUR CATEGORY : Health

Healthcare Reform and the Hall of Masks

The healthcare insurance company’s chief lobbyist smiled. “Welcome to the tour of our hall of scary masks and costumes. For spreading the fear of healthcare reform they can’t be beat.” “Here’s the alien mask,” the lobbyist said. “We have our guy put this one on, walk the streets and shout, ‘I’m a Canadian. I had [...]

Hangin’ at the Hospital

“Retail isn’t an entirely untried idea in health care. In Texas, Medical City Dallas has been mingling retail on its hospital campus for 30 years and currently has 21 tenants that include a bank, dry cleaners and barbecue stand.” See PDF link.  We geezers only visit hospitals if we need them.  Like for those minor [...]

Remind Me, Where Did My Memory Go?

I forget when I started worrying about memory loss. But it probably began with a piece of paper on which I had written an important address – the location of a lecture I thought I’d attend on “Memory Loss in the Mature.” I remembered writing down the address because I was afraid I was going [...]