Beret E. StrongHealth Insurance ShenanigansWe spend nearly $3 trillion on health care annually in the United States. That works out to about one-sixth of the total economy and nearly…Feb 27, 20231Feb 27, 20231
Beret E. StrongMask Whiplash, Anyone?Masks are coming off by the millions even though only 37% of eligible people in the U.S. are fully vaccinated. If you think the “honor…May 18, 2021May 18, 2021
Beret E. StrongGood News2020 was a year of disaster and a year of miracles. We’ll be living with the ripple effects of the disaster for years to come. The…Apr 3, 2021Apr 3, 2021
Beret E. StrongWash, Rinse, Repeat?We are about to reach a sobering threshold in the Covid debacle: a half-million of us dead. And yet, there is much to be hopeful about, as…Feb 22, 2021Feb 22, 2021
Beret E. StrongCrowley County, USAWhat in the world is going on in Crowley County? This past week, the worst outbreak in the country has been in a rural Colorado county I…Nov 25, 2020Nov 25, 2020
Beret E. StrongCovid-19 and Vaccines: Who Do You Trust?Imaginary tense conversation from not so long ago: Physician: “I have to have my Covid patient on X medication or take them off X…Sep 5, 2020Sep 5, 2020
Beret E. StrongCovid-19: If Only We Had PreparedA few years ago, I read a riveting and prescient book called Spillover, by David Quammen. It’s about diseases in animals spilling over —…Aug 7, 2020Aug 7, 2020
Beret E. StrongGender Bias and the Legacy of MedicineMy family loves books. We have a lot of them around, and we pass them from generation to generation. That is how I ran into a book called…Jun 25, 2020Jun 25, 2020
Beret E. StrongBlack Lives and Our Medical System: A Troubled LegacyWhile the country mourns the death of George Floyd and many call for radical changes in policing, we are hearing how structural racism has…Jun 11, 2020Jun 11, 2020
Beret E. StrongIf We’re Lucky, We’ll Get OldMy great-grandmother lived to be nearly 107. She got tired of being half-blind, half-deaf and in a nursing home, so she announced she…May 27, 2020May 27, 2020