RWHC Eye On Health Cartoons
Click below to view a copy of each month's cartoon:
Jan a (Government Hands Off My Medicare) 2009
Jan b (Rural & Urban As They See Each Other) 2009
Jan c (Where Does That Leave Us?) 2009
Dec a (Hope To Get Seen At Clinic Before Then) 2008
Dec b (Do It My Way) 2008
Nov a (Good News, Room Tomorrow...) 2008
Nov b (Thanks For The Honor) 2008
Nov c (Not Raining Pharmacists) 2008
Oct a (Not My Problem) 2008
Oct b (Laurals Wilt) 2008
Oct a (Until Health Premiums Do You Part) 2008
Aug a (Losing My Mind) 2008
Aug b (Polls Neck & Neck?) 2008
July a (Louie's Primary Care) 2008
July b (Dental Access Gift Cards) 2008
June a (Try Running One) 2008
June b (Why Are We Opposed To Cooperation?) 2008
June c (Common Ground) 2008
May a (Bull) 2008
May b (Rural Did Better?) 2008
May c (We Act Like We Care) 2008
April a (Your Mega-National) 2008
April b (Kids Are A Lot Of Work) 2008
April c (Live In The Backwater) 2008
March a (Avoiding Sick People) 2008
March b (Diversity) 2008
March c (Not Really Looking For "What Doesn't kill You...") 2008
February a (You Get The Overtreatment You Pay For) 2008
February b (Rarely A Rural One) 2008
February c (Twice As Much For Half The Work) 2008
January a (Who Is Reforming Whom?) 2008
January b (Workforce Shortage Just Disappear?) 2008
January c (Turning Coffee Shops Into Banks) 2008
December a (We Don't Have To Tackle Health Care Reform Yet) 2007
December b (Boomers Meet Small Raft of Xers and Yers) 2007
December c (Businessmen First, Dentists Second) 2007
November a (No Need To Rebuild Rural Hospitals) 2007
November b (What's In It For The Farmer) 2007
November c (Loving Thy Neighbor) 2007
October a (Isn't Bankrupt for Good Ten Years) 2007
October b (Never Heard of Backwater) 2007
October c (Matches) 2007
September a (Punching Holes in Silos) 2007
September b (Key Word in "Healthy Community" is "Community") 2007
September c ("Drop the Donut" Does Do It") 2007
August a (Our Country) 2007
August b (Offload Medicare) 2007
August c (Smart Individuals Not So Good at Community) 2007
July a (Nurses Keep 'Community' in 'Community Hospital') 2007
July b (Why Would Anyone Buy It?) 2007
June a (Have Same Patients) 2007
June b (Advance Directive) 2007
June c (Opening up Trade Guild) 2007
May a (A "Small Numbers" Problem) 2007
May b (He Can Take the Blindfold Off) 2007
May c (You Remind a Lot of...) 2007
April a (Why Do We Pull Bad Teeth?) 2007
April b (But We Get To Keep The Apple) 2007
April c (We Just Relabel Them Urban) 2007
March a (Why Would I Want To Know) 2007
March b (George Always Was Ahead Of The Research) 2007
March c (Just Need More Pill Splitters) 2007
February a (Patients Couldn't Afford Us Any Longer) 2007
February b (Kids) 2007
February c ("Yes Man") 2007
January a (Thou Shall Not Fail To Cooperate) 2007
January b (What's In It For Us) 2007
January c (Matches) 2007
December a (Perfect Storm) 2006
December b (How Works to Re-elect Me?) 2006
December c (If You Didn't Want Me to Know This Was a Circus) 2006
November a (Can You Be a Bit Less Obvious?) 2006
November b (I'll Start Wellness After the First Heart Attack) 2006
November c (This System Seems to Have Worked for You) 2006
October a (Beating Low Expectations) 2006
October b (Try Something Different) 2006
October c (Seven Americas Too Many) 2006
August a ("Male, Pale & Stale") 2006
August b (Tower vs. Citadel) 2006
August c (Hidden Medicaid Tax) 2006
July a (Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance) 2006
July b (If You Bring It to a Boil Slowly) 2006
July c (Dental Association's Worst Nightmare) 2006
June a (Can't Afford Our Fund Raisers) 2006
June b (Can't Cost Shift Offshore) 2006
June c (Price Guide Wasn't Very Specific) 2006
May a (Physicians For Baby Boomers) 2006
May b (Even If I Could Explain) 2006
May c (Health Insurance As Insurance Isn't Broke) 2006
April a (Servant Leadership) 2006
April b (An Imperfect Idea) 2006
March a (Obvious Becomes Obvious) 2006
March b (I Could Agree If) 2006
March c (New Management Style) 2006
February a (But Can You Dance?) 2006
February b (Retire Except) 2006
February c (Efficient Market) 2006
January a (Followership) 2006
January b (If I Had Thought) 2006
January c (Not A Car) 2006
December a (All I Want Is A Dentist) 2005
December b (No Problem, Just Flip And Reframe) 2005
December c (Can We Rediscuss What "Is" Is) 2005
November a (One State) 2005
November b (Medicare Prescription Drug Roulette) 2005
November c (You Get What You Invest In) 2005
October a (Katrina's Legacy) 2005
October b (Trust) 2005
October c (Dowsing Fires) 2005
August a (Relations Possible) 2005
August b (Limited Hospital) 2005
August c (Economic Darwinism) 2005
July a (More Talk, Less Bacon) 2005
July b (Trained By, In & For Madison) 2005
July c (Wisconsin EMTs Deserve Better) 2005
June a (Our Job Is To Be Academic) 2005
June b (No Need When We Have MASH Tents) 2005
June c (Closed By Urban Focus Group) 2005
May a (Your Through In This Town) 2005
May b (Hoping We Could Negotiate) 2005
May c (One Too Many Choruses Of "Kumbyah") 2005
April a (Happily Ever After) 2005
April b (Just In From America) 2005
April c (Surgery Successful, But...) 2005
March a (Off The Blindfold) 2005
March b (Grey Warriors) 2005
March c (Collaborate/Compete) 2005
February a (Love Thy Neighbor) 2005
February b (What's Not To Like) 2005
February c (Educational Malpractice) 2005
January a (Wishful Thinking) 2005
January b (Just Trust Me) 2005
January c (Community Health Good for Business) 2005
Special Edition, no December cartoons.
November a (Nothing New Left) 2004
November b (Not Digital Monopolies) 2004
November c (Just Don't Let Them Know It) 2004
October a (Building Provide Little Care) 2004
October b (It's A Start) 2004
October c (Only First Half Alphabet) 2004
September a (Doesn't Pay) 2004
September b (Put In Car) 2004
September c (How Do We Feed Our Specialists) 2004
August a (Why Would I) 2004
August b (Stay The Same) 2004
August c (Off The Hook) 2004
July a (The Math Is Simple) 2004
July b (Partisan Zealots) 2004
July c (Just Moving Through) 2004
June a (Can It Bring Me Coffee) 2004
June b (Not The Least Idea) 2004
June c (If Communities Keep Shrinking) 2004
May a (Silos) 2004
May b (Get Over Doc Welby) 2004
May c (Med School For Suburban Specialists) 2004
April a (Samurai) 2004
April b (Before & After) 2004
April c (Competition) 2004
March a (Take A While) 2004
March b (Seeking Perfection) 2004
March c (To Decide Not To Decide?) 2004
February a (Advantage Of No Map) 2004
February b (True Grit) 2004
February c (Too Late To Discuss Cooperation?) 2004
January a (Times Change) 2004
January b (Why Bioterrorism & Not Access Is A National Responsibility?) 2004
January c (Mission Driven) 2004
December a (Move Upstream) 2003
December b (Dancing Elephants) 2003
December c (Not Competing For Us) 2003
November a (No Comment) 2003
November b ("Here's How" vs. "Why Not") 2003
November c (Myths Made To Order) 2003
October a (Cost Benefit) 2003
October b (Third Generation Conservative) 2003
October c (Our Job Is To Make Them Forget) 2003
September a (Six Days Out Of Seven) 2003
September b (The Old Ways Are Still Best) 2003
Gone Fishing, No August Cartoons
July a (Reminiscing) 2003
July b (New Partner?) 2003
June a ('Big Mac' Tax) 2003
June b (Get Over It) 2003
June c (Enough Already) 2003
June d (No Government In Medicare) 2003
May a (This Ain't Kansas) 2003
May b (Why Is It Legal) 2003
May c (Predatory Pricing) 2003
Apr a (30% Rural Tax) 2003
Apr b (Or Live In A Cave) 2003
Apr c (Even If I Could Explain It) 2003
Mar a (Pamper Yourself) 2003
Mar b (Not Undermine Medicare PPS) 2003
Mar c ("Chickens" Home To Roost) 2003
Feb a (Avoid Sick People) 2003
Feb b (Operations A Success But...) 2003
Feb c (Sometimes A Consortia Is A Consortia) 2003
Jan a (Medical and Public Health) 2003
Jan b (We Could At Least Stampede In The Same Direction) 2003
Jan c (Beginning Of The End) 2003
Dec a (Do We Call It Customer Centered Or...) 2002
Dec b (Why Win When You Can Whine?) 2002
Dec c (What Does This Have To Do With Health Care?) 2002
Nov a (Not Too Few Dentists) 2002
Nov b (Health Insurance Casualty) 2002
Nov c (Private/Public) 2002
Oct a (Subsidy Vs Fair Payment) 2002
Oct b (If Homeowner Insurers Can't Cancel..) 2002
Sep a (ROT) 2002
Sep b (Scape Goat) 2002
Sep c (WMJ-We've A Deal) 2002
July a (Paying Twice For Medicare) 2002
July b (Badger Health Club) 2002
July c (One Winner, One Loser?) 2002
June a (Rural As Seen By City) 2002
June b (This Ain't Kansas) 2002
June c (Been There, Done That.) 2002
May a (The Real Survivor) 2002
April a (Being A Healer) 2002
April b (After Trying Everything Else) 2002
April c (If I Wanted A Car Repair) 2002
March a (Great Health Plan) 2002
March b (Drug Pushers) 2002
March c (My Psychiatrist) 2002
February a (The Free Lunch Gambit) 2002
February b (Waste If We Train Students) 2002
January a (Do It) 2002
January b (Pay Up) 2002
January c (Mirror) 2002
December a (Musical Chairs) 2001
December b (Blood Drive) 2001
December c (Medicare Benefits Paid) 2001
November a (Mines Bigger) 2001
November b (Dreaming) 2001
November c (Garbage In) 2001
October (Rural Life Style) 2001
September a (Gridlock) 2001
September b (Coffin Nails) 2001
September c (Pay You Less) 2001
August a (System Error) 2001
August b (Promises) 2001
August c (Relationship) 2001
June a (Good Old Days?) 2001
June b (The Beaver) 2001
June c (Freeze-Up) 2001
May a (Just Overcharge Private Sector) 2001
May b (Unbiased Medical Education?) 2001
May c (Use It Or Lose It) 2001
April a (Eating Our Own) 2001
April b (Without A Federal License) 2001
April c (Not For Worrying About Workforce) 2001
March a (Uncle Harry) 2001
March b (But The Quality's Terrific) 2001
March c (Just Need To Say 'Competition') 2001
February a (Subsidy) 2001
February b (Best Work) 2001
February c (Both Ways) 2001
January a (Unclean) 2001
January b (You Just Need To Learn) 2001
January c (In Your Court) 2001
December a (Information Age) 2000
December b (Ft Knox Hospital & Clinic) 2000
December c (No Free Lunch) 2000
November a (OK, Now I See) 2000
November b (Making Your Own Choices) 2000
November c (But You Don't Have To Worry) 2000
October a (Collapse First) 2000
October b (Golden Leash) 2000
October c (They Feel Better) 2000
August a (Big Sucking Sound) 2000
August b (Disproportionate Share) 2000
August c (Shove It) 2000
July a (No Higher Than 5 Bucks) 2000
July b (Rural Advocate) 2000
July c (The Double Cheeseburger) 2000
June a (Get A Dog) 2000
June b (System Problem) 2000
June c (Cooperation Is To Cut-Throat Competion) 2000
May a (Not A Subsidy) 2000
May b (Farm Humans) 2000
May c (Ask The Senator) 2000
April a (Tough Choice) 2000
April b (I Just Asked "Why?") 2000
April c (Die Pig) 2000
March a (Don't Want Them Thinking) 2000
March b (Prescription Drug Benefit) 2000
March c (Substitute Therapist) 2000
February a (Not Got It Right) 2000
February b (Hoops) 2000
February c (Hung Up On Cash) 2000
January a (If God Meant Quadriplegics...) 2000
January b (Right To Bear Submachine Guns) 2000
January c (Governmens Job) 2000
December a ($300 & Winter) 1999
December b (Trustworthy) 1999
December c (Harold Brown) 1999
November a (Change How We Count) 1999
November b (Multiple Choice Tests) 1999
November c (Crossing The Street Blindfolded) 1999
October a (Midwest Limited Medicare) 1999
October b (They Call Us Dumb) 1999
October c (Out of Business) 1999
September a (Merging is Just What Elephants Do) 1999
September b (Democrats, Republicans & Gridlock) 1999
September c (Keep It Confusing) 1999
August a (Patient Rights) 1999
August b (Medicare Choice) 1999
August c (Throw a Lot of Money) 1999
July a (A Problem of Access & Choice) 1999
July b (They Can Grow Vegetables) 1999
June (Small Business, Hung Out to Dry) 1999
May (Let Them Eat Cake) 1999
April a (Illness Prevention) 1999
April b (Covered Lives) 1999
March (Performance Data) 1999
February (Responding to Life) 1999
January a (Dancing Elephants), 1999
January b (Getting Married), 1999
December (The Monica Strategy), 1998
November (Boundaries of the University are...), 1998
October (Moral Fiber), 1998
September (Yadda, Yadda), 1998
August (Cooperation), 1998
July (We Got The Votes), 1998
May a (Big Ones Go First), 1998
May b (Grim Reaper), 1998
April (Cartoon of Cartoons), 1998
March (Decorum), 1998
February (Covered Lives), 1998
January (Welfare Model), 1998
December (Need Us?), 1997
November (Health Reform?), 1997
October (Carving Up), 1997
September (Greed), 1997
September (Medicare), 1997
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