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The Senate BCRA Bill Part 2: How Could It Affect Care in Walla Walla?
The sudden announcement that Adventist General Hospital was closing sent a shock wave through Walla Walla recently. An unwelcome reminder of the precariousness of our healthcare system and how vulnerable we are when systems fail. Walla Walla General Hospital was hardly what you could call a failure, having served eastern Washingtonians since 1899, which…
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The Senate BCRA Bill Part 1: What it Could Mean for Healthcare in America
Much debate and plenty of concern have surrounded the new GOP health plan released in June, putting an end to the waiting, but not necessarily all the worry. As the weeks ticked by with most Americans and more than a few senators left in the dark, majority leader Mitch McConnell and a handful of Senate Republicans…
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Glitter & Be Gay
“Ah, how can worldly things take the place of honor lost? Can they compensate for my fallen state, purchased as they were at such an awful cost?” ~ Quote from Leonard Bernstein’s musical adaptation of the Voltaire play, Candide. The first connection that came to mind when I read today’s prompt was Cunegonde’s aria…
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Witness
I was remembering an old writer’s saying: “when in doubt, write what you know” So much of what I’ve been writing has been nothing at all about what I know and while I don’t consider myself a real writer, and I’m mostly fine with not taking myself too seriously, I still don’t like sucking at…