Something Happened in the 1980s
When America flipped the script on Capitalism post-WWII, we began to feel its shocks in the 1980s, and now we’re witnessing Capitalism collapsing on itself.
Our health care was along for the ride. Elisabeth Rosenthal did the important work of narrating this in her best-selling book, An American Sickness. If you’re in Market Access, you NEED to read this.
Pharma, Payers, and Providers were asked to show up for service. What we’ve served is a tragedy of commons.
But it isn’t what it is. It’s what we make of it. It’s up to us. We can flip the script.
Watch your thought because that becomes your action. Watch your action because that becomes your habit. Watch your habit because that becomes your character. Watch your character because that becomes your destiny.
Hind vision is 20/20. The Baby Boomers did the important work of showing us that greed shatters. It’s on the Millennials to do the generous work of ushering a new era that actually endures: an era of human dignity. Even if we don’t live another 40 years to witness its effects.
