Health Care Curmudgeon Was Health 2.0; Now @THCBStaff blog & #THCBGang Podcast AND @smackhealth health tech advisory Topics: health, tech, politics, soccerhttps://bsky.app/profile/boltyboy.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/boltyboy.bsky.social/post/3merak7myw22hI'm not sure half pipe snowboarding has much to do with the snowboarding I do but OMG are both the men and the women absolutely amazing and taking incredible risks. This is right on the edge -- fantastic competition13 Feb 2026 19:29 +0000at://did:plc:ea3s2bppvi5aa4lubbhwlwp2/app.bsky.feed.post/3merak7myw22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/boltyboy.bsky.social/post/3md7xhmyvzk2tWhen did Tim Cook become such a brown nosing coward? [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Jan 2026 05:06 +0000at://did:plc:ea3s2bppvi5aa4lubbhwlwp2/app.bsky.feed.post/3md7xhmyvzk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/boltyboy.bsky.social/post/3md7cozo44k2xThe Gestapo and Stasi didnt leave till they were evicted. We need an entire Nuremberg trial. We ignored Watergate, Iran Contra, Gitmo and the war crimes of the War on Terror & Iraq, the corruption of the 2008 financial crisis, and the many many crimes of Trump 1st administration./124 Jan 2026 22:55 +0000at://did:plc:ea3s2bppvi5aa4lubbhwlwp2/app.bsky.feed.post/3md7cozo44k2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/boltyboy.bsky.social/post/3mae7fdgz3k2lThe 6th installment of @boltyboy.bsky.social's attempt to discover why he was charged $34.94 for a preventative lab test that should have been free is up. And no, it's not the final episode in the telenovela https://thehealthcareblog.com/blog/2025/12/18/brown-and-toland-weighs-in-on-the-34-94-labcorp-test-part-6/19 Dec 2025 17:23 +0000at://did:plc:ea3s2bppvi5aa4lubbhwlwp2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mae7fdgz3k2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/boltyboy.bsky.social/post/3m7j6xlflkk2sSo my insurance has been cancelled. Read on for the tale of his desperate attempts to figure out CoveredCA, Blue Shield of CA and the kafkaesque nightmare of American Health Insurance Cancel Culture https://thehealthcareblog.com/blog/2025/12/08/health-insurance-cancel-culture/08 Dec 2025 23:34 +0000at://did:plc:ea3s2bppvi5aa4lubbhwlwp2/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7j6xlflkk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/boltyboy.bsky.social/post/3m7cdortnnc2cDo you remember when Joseph McCarthy was defeated? Mike Magee does and he hopes something similar will happen again soon https://thehealthcareblog.com/blog/2025/12/05/slaying-the-dragon/06 Dec 2025 06:10 +0000at://did:plc:ea3s2bppvi5aa4lubbhwlwp2/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7cdortnnc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/boltyboy.bsky.social/post/3m743nsfozc2mThere is so much bullshit about the cost of health insurance and wouldn't it be better to give everyone cash. Luckily @kimbbellard.bsky.social is here to give you a very basic math lesson https://thehealthcareblog.com/blog/2025/12/03/lets-check-the-math-on-health-subsidies/03 Dec 2025 18:30 +0000at://did:plc:ea3s2bppvi5aa4lubbhwlwp2/app.bsky.feed.post/3m743nsfozc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/boltyboy.bsky.social/post/3m6zucj4rcs27In the great Medicare Advantage or trad Medicare FFS debate, Jeff Goldsmith has now made his choice and dumped Medicare Advantage https://thehealthcareblog.com/blog/2025/12/02/farewell-to-medicare-advantage/02 Dec 2025 21:13 +0000at://did:plc:ea3s2bppvi5aa4lubbhwlwp2/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6zucj4rcs27https://bsky.app/profile/boltyboy.bsky.social/post/3m5tupm4rws24Do we need fewer lawyers and more scientists in Congress? @kimbbellard.bsky.social thinks so https://thehealthcareblog.com/blog/2025/11/17/support-your-neighborhood-scientist/17 Nov 2025 18:39 +0000at://did:plc:ea3s2bppvi5aa4lubbhwlwp2/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5tupm4rws24https://bsky.app/profile/boltyboy.bsky.social/post/3m52phge4k22pOnce again America turns to @kimbbellard.bsky.social to explain all that stuff about mRNA you missed by not reading the science journals.... https://thehealthcareblog.com/blog/2025/11/07/life-is-geometry/07 Nov 2025 18:28 +0000at://did:plc:ea3s2bppvi5aa4lubbhwlwp2/app.bsky.feed.post/3m52phge4k22phttps://bsky.app/profile/boltyboy.bsky.social/post/3m4ybiownk22eThe ghost of EA Codman, the Boston surgeon who tried (and failed) to introduce quality scores for surgeons more than a century ago, rattled Leonard D'Avolio's cage a while back. He has thoughts https://thehealthcareblog.com/blog/2025/11/06/waiting-for-codman-100-years-of-profits-patients/06 Nov 2025 19:13 +0000at://did:plc:ea3s2bppvi5aa4lubbhwlwp2/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4ybiownk22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/boltyboy.bsky.social/post/3m4gcj5fhvc22Phenomenal first time author on THCB today. Suhana Mishra is a student researcher in California's under-resourced central valley, and she has some great ideas for helping to get the word out the lack of access to primary care https://thehealthcareblog.com/blog/2025/10/30/a-comprehensive-examination-of-primary-care-disparities-in-california-navigating-the-abyss/30 Oct 2025 15:44 +0000at://did:plc:ea3s2bppvi5aa4lubbhwlwp2/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4gcj5fhvc22https://bsky.app/profile/boltyboy.bsky.social/post/3m4dwdbvbo22z@kimbbellard.bsky.social has seen the future of video gaming and he thinks it has some lessons for health care https://thehealthcareblog.com/blog/2025/10/29/halo-heresy-and-health-care/29 Oct 2025 17:00 +0000at://did:plc:ea3s2bppvi5aa4lubbhwlwp2/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4dwdbvbo22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/boltyboy.bsky.social/post/3m46l7gy2c22jMore brilliant journalism from @radleybalko.bsky.social The awful story of how wrongful accusations destroyed a man's life. https://radleybalko.substack.com/p/accusing-jordan-silverman [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Oct 2025 13:58 +0000at://did:plc:ea3s2bppvi5aa4lubbhwlwp2/app.bsky.feed.post/3m46l7gy2c22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/boltyboy.bsky.social/post/3m34ekkkrpc2pKim Bellard wants to keep the subsidies for the ACA, but he's wondering why THIS is the one issue that is keeping the government shut down when there are so many worse problems https://thehealthcareblog.com/blog/2025/10/13/trade-ya-subsidies-for-a-government/13 Oct 2025 23:28 +0000at://did:plc:ea3s2bppvi5aa4lubbhwlwp2/app.bsky.feed.post/3m34ekkkrpc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/boltyboy.bsky.social/post/3m2naeti5ws2zused to be my MP. A decent an honorable man -- telling the truth [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Oct 2025 23:04 +0000at://did:plc:ea3s2bppvi5aa4lubbhwlwp2/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2naeti5ws2z