Hope, Social Adversity, and the Community Conditions That Protect Life
An In the News Reflection on Suicide Risk, Belonging, and Community Care Recent findings highlighted in VA Research News Briefs underscore a critical truth about social adversity and suicide risk....
The Laws of the Kingdom vs. the Law of the Prairie
Learning to Know the Truth About Health Care Systems and Everyday Care Recent reporting from The Washington Post highlights growing concern over rising health insurance premiums and the strain the...
When Care Is Designed for Everyone, But Misses Someone
Learning to Know the Truth About Rare Disease and Access This week, the National Organization for Rare Disorders highlighted a growing challenge in rare disease access to care in the United States...
When Care Can’t Reach People in Time
Recent reporting from Nevada makes something painfully clear: the primary care shortage is no longer a future concern. It is already shaping people’s lives. Patients wait weeks or months for appoin...
Learning to Know the Truth
An In the News Reflection A recent health research report described a new discovery about how bones respond to physical activity. Scientists identified a specific biological signal inside bone ma...
An Open Letter to Capitol Hill: From Fractured to Fractal Health Care Design
Why Health Policy Needs a Safe Harbor for Continuity To the Members of Congress, I am writing in response to recent reporting on President Donald Trump’s new health care proposal, including c...
Quantum Opportunities: When Influence Goes Private
An AP Headline, a Life Vision, and My Mother's Letter to Paul Mellon In this season of Light, the Associated Press reported that MacKenzie Scott donated $7.1 billion to nonprofits in 2025, describ...
Congress, Obamacare, and the “Front Door” of Care
Wall Street Meets Sabai Sabai In this season of Light, we turn our attention to protecting care - because we can’t let the “Grinch” steal what people need most: timely access, trust, and com...
FDA Removes Black Box Warnings on Estrogen Products
The FDA Just Corrected Course. Now It's Time to Correct the Language On November 10, 2025, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced it will remove the boxed ("black box") warnings from most...
