It’s a year later and I still reflect on my time in the race. The race for what---healthcare’s idiosyncrasies of uncertainty, day to day where one word from Washington, whether it becomes regulatory discretionary review or legislative speculation still rings with resonance of possible impact shuttering those it impacts the most--- the impoverished, the elderly, … Continue reading “We are US…A Healthcare Marathon Finish” by Dianne H. Timmering

When a risky strategy is your only ally …. Business, Politics and the spiritual salve that holds it together. Who will take care of those who can’t take care of themselves? By Dianne H. Timmering July 2017 Legislative victory!: Senate Bill 4 - Medical Review Panels! Kentucky gets tort reform! A form of civil practical … Continue reading “Revolutionaries Fight Back – Defending Those Who Can’t Take Care of Themselves” b y Dianne H. Timmering

#WeareKY The recent strategy from the Governor’s administration, while ideal and brilliant as they reached into the inner-workings of the legislative process to determine procedurally what they could do with a supermajority in both chambers in the first five days, it was simply – too much, too fast, too soon. But it wasn’t wrong. And … Continue reading “Too Fast, Too Soon, But Exactly the Right Plan – A Commentary” by Dianne H. Timmering

As I reflect back on this past inauguration weekend, I specifically remember four White House transitions. The first when President Herbert Walker Bush won the White House in 1988, the next, a Republican to Democratic transition with President William Jefferson Clinton in 1993, and then in 2001 when President George W. Bush, Jr. won the … Continue reading “An Inaugural Two Week Reflection” by Dianne H. Timmering

The truth is - tort reform is a not even a healthcare issue (although you could make the case that it is life or death depending on access to the right care and insurance rate affordability); it is so much grander, it is a pro-business indication of a thriving community allowed to innovate, set prices … Continue reading “The Truth About Tort Reform” – #WeAreKY by Dianne H. Timmering

2:20 p.m. I walk in shorts. The sky is busy. The clouds race across using the stable blue for a sweeping canvas. So much to write. It roars and the wind carries it sounds. I am listening but I can't make it out. The pines blow and wave and add to the shouts of the … Continue reading “Poetry Memoir of a Warm Day on December 26, 2016 in Louisville KY” By Dianne H. Timmering

I was having heart palpitations… Does true healing or emotional freedom require the right words with intentional presence? On this occasion I said them in Aramaic – an original language of God and the angels… Itlabbabi brati amar-na qum! Take heart, my daughter, I am saying to you, rise! The power of the Ask and … Continue reading “Heart Palpitations: Praying for Myself In Original Words of God – Aramaic” by Dianne H. Timmering

A silhouette - a girl awakens; the woman free of old constraints; the relevancy of time to get there until the shadow fades.

To Our Veterans: How do you say thank you to the men and women who fought for freedom, who risked not just a life but your time, purpose, even hopes and dreams in order to fulfill a mission, a spiritual call to defend the fruits of a nation built on the tenets of for, by … Continue reading “Thank You To Our Veterans” by Dianne H. Timmering

The interoperability of Louisville—a boast for best city for jobs and the Kentucky Museum of Arts and Crafts: We are a full-bodied movement—restaurants, life quality, home uniqueness, neighborhood simplicity, city art, brilliant theatre, healthcare metropolis, UPS hub to the world, and 16,000 job openings … good ones. Another reason why Kentucky boasts Louisville as one … Continue reading “Why Louisville Is So Great” …. By Dianne H. Timmering