Here is an interesting essay that makes me think about just how much the elite of the health professions have changed over the last few decades. Herb has always been with the program, so he's more exactly an outlier, but I recall the days when to be a physician meant Republican identity as well, for all but the DFH Peace Corps type dogooders. I'm reading that more and more physicians are embracing "socialized medicine" and I hope it's a sea change that represents a general evolution of the field as a whole. Anyway, Herb made two points that caught my attention. He's talking about a health care situation, but also applying his thoughts more generally:

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