Dander Still Up, And Also Down, All OVer the Place. What Gives?

A.I ' ve started this piece a whole bunch of times. So in fairness to you, reader, you have a few paths through it. If you don ' t feel like starting by sharing some navel-staring about today ' s bizarre predicament, please skip to ' D. ' Or ' B, ' or ' C. ' Wouldn ' t blame you in the least.I ' ve still got my dander up about what ' s happening in the many troubled reaches of health care in the United States. OK, truth to tell, also about what ' s up world-wide. Scary stuff. Readers have no doubt waited patiently for me to recover from confusion about this sudden mess, much of said predicament stemming from various delayedreactions to the 2008 disasters. (For the wildly popular, broader and verbally less restrained version of this consternation, from a compelling voice, seethis newsletter.)Or, at least,I ' ve waited to get over this confusion. Now I ' m over it: see ' C, ' below.Overall, anyone paying attention to the press —or even for that one lone DC Legislative Assistant just reading this blog for all her health policy info—you know things just ain ' t right. Not in academia, not in government, not in the private sector despite a record-shattering bull market run. (Leave aside for just a moment all those other issues in US foreign and economic policy, equally in the soup.) We thought matters couldn ' t get worse before the arrival of the latest residents of board rooms and corner (or oval) offices in each of those sectors. But, oh, wait: then, after January...
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