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March 8, 2022 - MedPac Got it Wrong

The MedPac staff has a long tradition of being critical of Medicare Advantage, and they also, unfortunately, have a long tradition of being inaccurate, misleading, and persistently and consistently negative on some key points for no explicable or easily understood reason.
January 5, 2022 - How Did Medicare Advantage Become a Very Successful Social Services Recovery Program for People Damaged by Social Determinants of Health?
November 20, 2021 - The Bare Truth About Medicare Advantage — The Data Is Accurate, The Costs Are Lower and The Care Is Better
July 21, 2020 - We Need Books for 80 Percent of Low-Income Kids — and We Need 80 Percent of Kids Ready to Learn by Kindergarten

Peace

Thoughts

InterGroup

January 6, 2025 - The Three Things We Should Do Now to Create Peace in America

If we make the wrong decisions, we could be headed for a future of anger, division, and serious damage for ourselves, our families, and for the futures of our children and our grandchildren.
September 30, 2022 - Mortality Rates for Medicare Advantage Are Actually Significantly Lower and Better, with Fewer Deaths

This final official report from The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services shows that the mortality rate for Medicare Advantage is lower than the mortality rate that we currently have for standard fee-for-service Medicare.
January 14, 2021 - We Need to Be an American Us to Survive as a Nation
October 21, 2020 - We Will Be in Big Trouble in January if We Don’t Get This Right at the Level of Our Most Dangerous Primal Instinctive Behaviors and Thoughts
January 31, 2020 - Racism Increases Premature Births and Infant Deaths in America — the Data Is Now in to Prove that Point (Updated January 31, 2020)
July 4, 2018 - It Feels Right to Defend Our Us and to Be Us and to Help Us All Create InterGroup Peace as an American Us
August 17, 2017 - Ethnic Cleansing By Tribe Is The Syrian Core Reality Today — And The Chemical Weapons Use Is Being Done Entirely In That Context
March 14, 2017 - We Need Everyone To Understand The Impact of The First Weeks and First Months Of Life For Each Child
September 8, 2016 - The Art of InterGroup Peace: New Edition
September 4, 2016 - Peace in the Divided and Conflicted Countries is Needed and Possible
August 30, 2016 - Damaged Peace in Too Many Other Countries
February 19, 2016 - Personal Accountability Is The Key To Enlightened Behaviors
February 2, 2016 - 12 Core Values That Can Unite Us & Create Peace
September 11, 2015 - We Need the Tools to End InterGroup Conflict and to Create a Win/Win World for Us All ~ The Website Begins Now
April 24, 2015 - The First Three Years Are Golden and Essential Years for Avoiding Jail
April 24, 2015 - We Must Create Trust in Every Setting

Trust

January 6, 2025 - The Three Things We Should Do Now to Create Peace in America

If we make the wrong decisions, we could be headed for a future of anger, division, and serious damage for ourselves, our families, and for the futures of our children and our grandchildren.
April 30, 2018 - We Owe it to Ourselves to Tell the Truth to Each Other
February 19, 2016 - Personal Accountability Is The Key To Enlightened Behaviors
April 24, 2015 - The First Three Years Are Golden and Essential Years for Avoiding Jail
April 24, 2015 - We Must Create Trust in Every Setting

Three Key Years

January 6, 2025 - The Three Things We Should Do Now to Create Peace in America

If we make the wrong decisions, we could be headed for a future of anger, division, and serious damage for ourselves, our families, and for the futures of our children and our grandchildren.
June 19, 2019 - We Need to Save America by Helping Every Child in the First Years of Life
May 6, 2019 - We Need To Fix The Learning Gaps Now
January 17, 2019 - The Most Important Number in America Is Learning Readiness at Age 4
April 16, 2018 - We Need to Help Every Family Help Every Child Exercise Their Brain
April 29, 2017 - Dr. Beebe’s New Book Illustrates The Importance of Helping Kids In The First Months of Life
March 14, 2017 - We Need Everyone To Understand The Impact of The First Weeks and First Months Of Life For Each Child
February 16, 2017 - Not Teaching Parents About Early Brain Development Is A Massive and Damaging Public Health Failure
February 15, 2017 - Celebrating The New Three Key Years Website for Helping Kids
December 15, 2016 - Re-appointment to Four More Years on the First Five Commission
November 1, 2016 - Saving All Children: The Strategy and The Commitment
September 12, 2016 - Mayo Clinic Grand Rounds Talk About Saving Kids
May 21, 2016 - Every Child is a Miracle
August 7, 2015 - The Learning Gaps Continue — We need to Act Now

Parenting Tips

Primal Instincts

Intergroup Trust

Politics

September 30, 2022 - Mortality Rates for Medicare Advantage Are Actually Significantly Lower and Better, with Fewer Deaths

This final official report from The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services shows that the mortality rate for Medicare Advantage is lower than the mortality rate that we currently have for standard fee-for-service Medicare.
January 31, 2020 - Racism Increases Premature Births and Infant Deaths in America — the Data Is Now in to Prove that Point (Updated January 31, 2020)
May 6, 2019 - We Need To Fix The Learning Gaps Now
May 1, 2019 - The Huge Advantage and Real Value of Medicare for All (The 15 Percent Solution)
September 8, 2018 - So What Do We Need to Do About Chicago?
December 1, 2017 - We Need to Stop Damaging Women
August 17, 2017 - Ethnic Cleansing By Tribe Is The Syrian Core Reality Today — And The Chemical Weapons Use Is Being Done Entirely In That Context
December 15, 2016 - Re-appointment to Four More Years on the First Five Commission

News

August 4, 2021 - George Halvorson HIMSS Changemaker Lifetime Achievement Award Acceptance Speech