by John G. Self | Jan 15, 2016 | Current Affairs, Healthcare
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the...
by John G. Self | Oct 23, 2015 | Current Affairs, Healthcare
As Washington prepares for another congressional clash over federal spending I thought it might be helpful to look at some facets of said spending. In the recently completed fiscal year, the federal government reportedly spent nearly $3.7 trillion, about $12,000 for...
by John G. Self | Dec 1, 2014 | Current Affairs, Healthcare
There are dire predictions for the future of small community hospitals as healthcare/payment reform and deficit reduction plays out: many will be forced to close their doors. USA Today recently chronicled the plight of Richland, GA, a community that saw it’s 25-bed...
by John G. Self | Oct 6, 2014 | Current Affairs, Healthcare
As we move forward with healthcare reform, I hope we don’t sell our values down the drain in the name of making “hard choices in order to survive.” Healthcare is a business but it is a business that must be based on a strong moral center and led by executives with a...
by John G. Self | Jul 21, 2014 | Current Affairs, Healthcare
When former Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin infamously predicted that the Affordable Care Act would create “death panels”, I wanted to wring her neck. She took an incredibly important, albeit difficult, issue and trivialized it for the purpose of...
by John G. Self | Jul 7, 2014 | Current Affairs
Today, on a brilliantly sunny Fourth of July weekend, I am more than a little frustrated, trending to anger. Why? I really shouldn’t be. I have a business that is doing reasonably well, considering I took a lot time off, I am beginning a major new project on Friday...
