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What Keeps You Up at Night?

I'm not a complainer or worrier-at least not often or for long. Comparatively, I have…

DannyJuly 16, 2017

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$35 or $30,000 (I think) for a lifesaving drug

Who benefits from the murkiness of finding the prices of prescription drugs? Clearly not patients…

DannyJuly 9, 2017

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E-Patients, experts with lived experience

This week I connected a patient with expertise in billing with a patient at the…

DannyJuly 2, 2017

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100th Birthday

We celebrated a 100th birthday around my Aunt Kikke, born during WWI in the Netherlands.…

DannyJune 25, 2017

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Bad experience? Now what?

I read a post this week on the Society of Participatory Medicine's blog about a…

DannyJune 11, 2017

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Taking a Risk

OMG, I'm upgrading my website. I started the blog almost 5 years ago setting up…

DannyMay 29, 2017

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Cinderblocks4 – Medical Advocacy at its Best

Pound for pound, the best health conference! A rare combination of small, local, action-oriented,…

DannyMay 21, 2017

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Stories, Scenarios of Care

Screenwriting seems like such an opportunity. The storyteller imagines a dilemma, a journey, a cast…

DannyMay 14, 2017

2-wheeled minivan. Nine family members (4 children) on one scooter. One in bucket and one in backpack

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The Golden Rule?

Pissed off only begins to describe my reaction to the passage of WealthCare, TrumpCare, RyanCare.…

DannyMay 7, 2017

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Calling All Advocates – Health Hats Interview

You know I love stories, telling and listening. Especially stories of people on a rough…

DannyApril 30, 2017