Bellingham Health and Functional Medicine

09/21/2024

Summer is ending and I look forward to the fall. THIS SUMMER was so good and healthy for us. I basically only worked 4 days in August and the rest of the time was in the sun and out on the boat. Last summer the engine had died. That is no small thing. Steve replaced it so we have a strong new Yanmar engine to trust. There is something magical about anchoring out. We have a sit on top kayak to paddle around on and we LOVE that. Everything about it is my happy place. And this summer I feel so much better. I will be 69 soon. I thought of totally retiring but why when I am happy and can get by shutting it down most of August. I am so grateful to have this freedom.

07/09/2024

Interesting article on the Everett Clinic which started out physician owned. Now it is Optum Care which we have a satellite in Bellingham. It is a story familiar all across the country. In Bellingham there are a handful of small independent clinics, Family Care Network which is still provider owned, and then the big group PeaceHealth. I hear turn over can be high and there is a swirl of people having to wait to get into Primary Care. I agree with the author that we need a radical change to health care and universal care.

When I joined The Everett Clinic forty-two years ago, we were thirty-some physicians, but now with over 600 care providers and 15 satellite locations, the clinic has evolved significantly.