Series · Foundational
Who Decides What You Get
The technology works. The question is whether the system around it will hold. Capital, institutions, and policy determine whether the tools this publication described reach the reader or serve only those who can afford them privately. This series gives her the structural map, the three questions to ask her agency, and the rooms she can enter.
BML-17.01
When Private Equity Buys Your Home Care Agency
Series 17: Who Decides What You Get
Martha's home care agency was acquired by a company she has never heard of. Patrice is gone. Denise is still there, for now. What private equity changes about the incentives, the staffing, and the …
BML-17.02
Why Your Doctor and Your Aide Cannot Talk to Each Other
Series 17: Who Decides What You Get
Helen's PCP changed her medication. Her cardiologist does not know. Her aide reported dizziness to a system the PCP cannot access. Her daughter took a week off work. Helen fell. The fall was …
BML-17.03
The Policy That Gates Everything Else
Series 17: Who Decides What You Get
Margaret's aide is funded by Medicaid. The proposed cuts would eliminate her waiver slot within ninety days. Thirty miles away, Catherine pays privately but depends on the same labor pool. When …
BML-17.04
Where the Money Comes From
Series 17: Who Decides What You Get
Evelyn's Tuesday morning is funded by five capital sources she has never seen. Government spending, grants, institutional investors, private equity, and crowd investment each fund a different layer. …
BML-17.05
Your Pension Fund and Your Future
Series 17: Who Decides What You Get
Barbara taught fourth grade for thirty-one years and retired on CalPERS. Her fund manages $500 billion. Its quarterly board meetings are public. The question nobody in the room has asked: is our fund …
BML-17.06
The Investment You Can Make
Series 17: Who Decides What You Get
The women in Omaha invested in Buffett because they watched him operate and trusted what he was building. Regulation CF allows the reader to invest in aging technology she has followed and evaluated. …
BML-17.07
What Your Church, Your Y, and Your Library Can Do
Series 17: Who Decides What You Get
Janet Kowalski did three things at the Cedar Falls library that turned it into a bridge between aging technology and the people who need it. Libraries, YMCAs, and congregations have space, trust, and …
