by John G. Self | Nov 20, 2013 | Current Affairs, Healthcare
WASHINGTON, D.C. — I don’t usually write about politics in this space. Today, I am making an exception. I am in our nation’s capital, working. That is more than I can say for our national elected officials. They are playing around, practicing for the mid-term...
by John G. Self | Sep 23, 2013 | Current Affairs, Healthcare, Leadership
John is off today. The following blog first appeared in July of 2009. Reforming healthcare is one of the most complex, daunting and important tasks of this decade. What began with great hope and good intentions to avoid the reform mistakes of the past is now going...
by John G. Self | Mar 7, 2012 | Current Affairs, Stories
Everyone once in a while, a rant is good for the soul. Nothing is as it seems these days, even with incredible transparency created by an onslaught of readily available news and information from the endless cable channels and the Internet. Today, in the cozy and...
by John G. Self | May 13, 2011 | Current Affairs
Principles are important. Integrity matters. We were once a nation that admired our leaders in politics and in business – who stuck to their principles and who conducted themselves in an ethical manner. Here is where I – and many of you – get frustrated. For too...
by John G. Self | Feb 25, 2011 | Healthcare
When some public policy calamity strikes, people tremble with fear or anger and they cry out: “Why didn’t someone warn us? Why didn’t someone tell us that there were bad consequences? We do not want this pain!” That is a reasonable request,...
