This blog explores why health insurance and open enrollment aren’t just HR headaches but integral to patient care. It examines patient and provider perspectives on cost conversations, the ethical “art” of medicine, and how evidence, autonomy, and affordability intersect. The piece also outlines key enrollment timelines and highlights the value of health advisors in helping patients and practices navigate coverage choices.

We live in an age obsessed with preservation. We count our steps, monitor our sleep, and stretch our lives longer than any generation before us. And yet, paradoxically, cancer is rising in the young, anxiety is everywhere, and many of us are living longer without feeling more whole.

Perhaps the goal was never just longevity. Perhaps healing was always meant to include peace.

“To die will be an awfully big adventure,” Peter Pan says — but maybe the real adventure is learning how to live and die well at the same time. Because death isn’t the opposite of life; it’s the frame that gives life its meaning. And when we learn to face it with curiosity and presence, even the end becomes part of the story worth telling.

We’re sharing a sneak peek of our recent conversation with the team at The Care Collective Podcast. The first snippet is weighty. It touches on the realities (ultimate consequence and shame) that often sit just below the surface in healthcare. But at the center, it isn’t about blame. It’s about learning to tell our stories honestly, and about offering support in places where silence has too often lived.

What we’re reaching for is understanding. Understanding between patients and providers. Understanding between families and systems. Because only when the whole story is spoken can healing start to take root.

Most people want to die at home—but few do. This post explores why modern healthcare avoids talking about death, how that avoidance causes harm, and what it looks like to lead these sacred conversations with care and clarity.