My friend Sandy has been involved with health insurance as a proprietor. My series on community health care has spurred some thoughts on her part that she as agreed to share. There are some really good points here. 1. I … Continue reading
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Community Health Care Abounds
During our journey across America I adopted a phrase “Kindness Abounds!” After Googling “Community Health Care” it appears that abounds as well. I was going to report on individual community health care efforts but that would be daunting if done … Continue reading
Kindness Roundup 8/4/12
I now get “Kindness” entries from Google Alerts. While you all could do the same thing, I will filter for you the most pertinent ones for this web site. What’s my filter? I don’t include heroic kindness, such as articles … Continue reading
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Last Word on Community Health Care
In discussing Community Health Care to this point I’ve placed it in opposition to our traditional health care system, which revolves around a corporate insurance system. I’ve mentioned that with our corporate insurance system we are 38th in the world … Continue reading
More on Community Health Care
Yesterday I reported on a community health care approach that rewarded doctor’s for keeping patients well, comparing it to Chinese approach related to me during our walk across the country. That drew the following concern in response: Interesting, but what … Continue reading
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Community Health Care – A Wellness Approach
As we hiked through St. Louis we stayed at the home of Anna Sandidge, a Social Justice Instructor at St. Louis University. Anna shared some knowledge about a Chinese health care system where doctors were paid to keep patients well. … Continue reading
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Start Your Week with Kindness
The Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune has a feature called Start Your Week with Kindness. This week’s entry is about an older woman who is always receiving assistance from others.
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Post-Gazette Kindness Feature
I came across this on the Internet. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette apparently has a feature for submitting “random acts of kindness.” Considering how often they occur perhaps a better title is “typical acts of kindness,” but why quibble. The 7/26/12 edition … Continue reading
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A Worthy Hike
I was contacted on my Facebook page to spread the word about a hike for inner-city kids. This hits close to home for me. I once founded a nonprofit that grouped together kids from single-parent homes with young adults on … Continue reading
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Kindness Feedback – 7/24/12
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This past week I received some feedback kindness. Our friend Rocky Rockwell sent us the following picture, taken near where he lives. Mary Ann Nissley, a long distance hiker, emailed me her following take on kindness from her travels. One … Continue reading
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