I noted on the first edition of Davison’s Doodle that I have kept some form of a journal since I was in 4th grade. The computer offered a way to sharpen my typing skills (opps — keyboarding), while my handwriting has become less legible through the years. I opened a blog a couple of years ago as a way to keep conversation going in DOC circles as well as broaden conversation about issues. I’m not sure my blog does that. I always encourage Disciple clergy to have a place other than the newsletter to give their members a glimpse into their thinking or work on the Sunday sermon. I think that is just good practice, and helps develop the relationship needed to discuss the hard issues inside the Church and in our culture.
I received a tweet this morning from Rebecca Woods noting a list of the top 100 church blogs. It was interesting to review. Here is a link to the post on Church Relevance.
I like to read the opinion page of the New York Times, specifically the Op-Ed Columnist section. I found the article,
“How American Health Care Killed My Father”, referenced by David Brooks from his Sept. 3 column, “Let’s Get Fundamental”.
As Lisa and I navigate finding new doctors, pharmacy for medication, the new deductibles and paperwork governing our health insurance this article focused my attention on something I had not thought about: Does my doctor think of me or my insurance provider as the patient? In Lexington I believe the answer was yes and yes. My doctor in Lexington managed my care based on his assessment of my needs, my willingness to take meds, and my health insurance provider. Before his office began using electronic records he would ask me to remind him what insurance I had before making decisions about treatment. I never felt slighted, and given my own frustrations with the first insurance company I used I empathized with the headaches his office probably had with claim forms and letters.
This article by David Godhill, The Atlantic (September 2009), provided another way of thinking about health care. It is lengthy, but worth the time as you consider what changes need to be supported in health care reform, and how you may or may not lobby, encourage, or shame your Congressional representatives into making changes we can believe in, we can witness as substantive, we can experience as making the circle of live better for all the inhabitants of this nation.
How American Health Care Killed My Father – The Atlantic (September 2009)
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