Thanks for stopping by and welcome to my new blog!
I decided to start a blog because I am concerned about the growing wall between patients and the doctors, nurses, and others who provide care. For patients, it is called an “access” problem– care costs too much, it’s hard to find, and paperwork is a hassle. For providers, it starts with expensive education and proceeds to a lifetime of other red tape. For all of us, the problems are increasing. Why? How did we get into this mess? (Hint: it happened long before Obamacare.) What can we do to make it better?
My last two years have been spent reading political philosophy and health policy while completing a Masters Degree from Hillsdale. I have been a nurse since 1989, and I was a nurse’s aide before that. I like being efficient, and roadblocks irk me.
Especially roadblocks that harm patients.
Roadblocks that harm both patients and professionals are even worse, and no amount of reading can make me philosophical about the state of healthcare today.
I plan to write about the barriers and potential solutions I see in healthcare. The focus will be life here in Michigan, but much is generally true across the US. Certain nuggets of wisdom about healthcare hold for all times and places. And practical answers are my favorite! It seems the more difficult life becomes, the more ingenious people get.
Some of my every day life of faith in God, family, and living in the country will probably show up here, too.
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Thank you!