Where Were You When…?
November 1995 (edited September 11, 2003, November 23, 2011, and November 22, 2013) Most of us remember vividly where we were on September 11, 2001. In my case, I was in Danbury, Connecticut in the board room at Bristol Technology meeting with their CEO, Keith Blackwell. Remember where you were when you first heard that […]
ACA Feedback
Of all the nearly 1,400 stories I have posted here at patrickWeb, the one about the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) brought the most feedback. Since healthcare touches all of us in some way and the subject is so broad and deep, it is not surprising that there are many different opinions. Since the […]
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA)
Since I have been studying health care intensely for more than three years, I feel compelled to make some comments about what is going on currently with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). There is no political agenda to what I have to say. My comments relate to healthcare, not the positions or […]
Ham Radio (also known as Amateur Radio)
Apache TX-1 (Click to enlarge) I have added a new page to the Hobbies section of patrickWeb. It is about one of my very first hobbies — Ham Radio. The contents of the page are repeated here in the blog. I have had many friends over the years who were hams and with whom I […]
Medical School
One of the many current myths about healthcare is that “nobody wants to be a doctor” because of the various regulatory and economic restraints in the United States. As a result, some believe, there will be a large deficit of physicians to care for the impending addition of tens of millions of uninsured people. The […]