It’s been just my luck to have a niggling health problem develop right when I’m newly arrived, and I got to spend the better part of my day dealing with it. Not because I love being fawned over by clinicians, but because I’m so new to the area that I haven’t had time yet to find a doctor and otherwise line up all my little health care ducks. So I got to experience a little “community health care,” a nice euphemism for what the poor “enjoy.” Let me remind everyone that we’re approaching 50 million uninsured in this country. I feel confident that what I experienced is at the upper end in terms of quality and service. So I thank my lucky stars for the little I did receive.  Read more