Applied Policy Insight is Applied Policy’s monthly newsletter, published in the interest of sharing both our insights into healthcare policy and a little more about ourselves, as a team and as individuals.
Regular readers know that Insight is also a forum for sharing our favorite jokes.
Joke of the Month for August 2026
Why did the amoeba fail its math test?
It multiplied by dividing.
Good joke? Bad joke? Humor can subjective, but it can also be good for your health.
Submit your favorite healthcare joke or pun to news@appliedpolicy.com.
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Joke of the Month for July 2026
What do you call an alligator wearing a vest? An in-vest-i-gator.
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Insight Joke of the Month for June 2026
How do you host a party in space? You planet!
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Insight Joke of the Month for May 2026
What do you call it when COVID and the flu walk into a bar? A sick joke.
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Insight Joke of the Month for April 2026
Why did the rocket ship go to the doctor? For its booster shot.
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Insight Joke of the Month for March 2026
Why should you never iron a four-leaf clover? You don’t want to press your luck.
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Insight Joke of the Month for February 2026:
Why can’t you lie to a cardiologist? They can always spot AFib.
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Insight Joke of the Month for January 2026:
How did the doctor determine the witch had vertigo? On the basis of dizzy spells
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Insight Joke of the Month for December 2025:
Why was Santa hesitant about having an MRI? He has Claus-trophobia
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Insight Joke of the Month for November 2025:
When is turkey soup bad for your health? When you are the turkey
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Insight Joke of the Month for October 2025:
Why didn’t the skeleton go trick or treating? Because it had no body to go with.
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Insight Joke of the Month for September 2025:
Why do phlebotomist carry red pens? Because they have to draw blood.
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Insight Joke of the Month for August 2025
Why can you never lie to an X-ray technician? Because they can see right through you.
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Insight Joke of the Month for July 2025
What medical device is used to measure the pain inflicted by dad jokes? A “sighs-mograph”
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Insight Joke of the Month for June 2025
Do you remember when we told the joke about the chiropractor? It was about a weak back…
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Insight Joke of the Month for May 2025
Why do chemists excel at problem solving? They have solutions.
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Insight Joke of the Month for April 2025:
How did the cat know it was sick? It wasn’t feline well.
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Insight Joke of the Month for March 2025:
How do we know that leprechauns love our joke of the month contest? We’ve heard they’re Dublin’ over with laughter.
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Insight Joke of the Month for February 2025:
Why was the dermatologist fired? For making too many rash decisions.
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Insight Joke of the Month for January 2025:
When does February come before January? In the dictionary.
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Insight Joke of the Month for November 2024:
Why did the turkey cross the road twice on Thanksgiving? To prove that he wasn’t chicken.
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Insight Joke of the Month for October 2024:
Why was the pediatrician always annoyed? Because they had such little patients.
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Insight Joke of the Month for September 2024:
Why don’t ants get sick? They have anty-bodies.
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Insight Joke of the Month for August 2024:
Why did the microbe cross the microscope? To get to the other slide.
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Insight Joke of the Month for July 2024:
Why did the pillow go to the doctor? It was feeling a little stuffed up.
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Insight Joke of the Month for June 2024:
What do boats do when they are sick? They head to the dock.
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Insight Joke of the Month for May 2024:
What is the best animal to put in charge of your medical records? A HIPAA-potamus
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Insight Joke of the Month for April 2024:
What kind of doctor fixes websites? A URL-ologist.
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Insight Joke of the Month for March 2024
Why does the Easter Bunny go to the doctor every year? For his annual eggs-am
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Insight Joke of the Month for February 2024
What kind of doctor is Dr. Pepper? A fizzician.
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Insight Joke of the Month for January 2024:
How is 10 +10 the same as 11 + 11? Because 10+10 is 20 and 11+11 is 22
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Insight Joke of the Month for December 2024:
How can Santa’s reindeer jump higher than a house? Houses can’t jump.
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Insight Joke of the Month for December 2023:
What did the doctor say to the gingerbread man with the sore knee? “Have you tried icing that?”
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Insight Joke of the Month for November 2023:
What happened to the ophthalmologist’s jokes over time? They just got cornea.
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Insight Joke of the Month for October 2023:
When should you take a cookie to your doctor? When it’s feeling crummy.
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Insight Joke of the Month for September 2023:
Why did the biologist and the physicist break up? There was no chemistry.
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Insight Joke of the Month for July and August 2023:
Why do ophthalmologists live so long? They dilate.
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Joke of the Month for June 2023:
Why did the bucket go to the doctor? It was looking a little pail.
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Joke of the Month for May 2023:
Why did the Dalmatian go to the ophthalmologist? It was seeing spots.
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Joke of the Month for April 2023:
Why did the cat go to the doctor? It wasn’t feline well…
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Joke of the Month for March 2023:
What do you get when you cross a four-leaf clover with poison ivy? A rash of good luck!
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The Joke of the Month for February 2023:
What sort of jokes do orthopedic surgeons like? Anything humerus…
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The Joke of the Month for January 2023:
How is medicine packaged for astronauts? In Space Capsules!
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The Joke of the Month for December 2022:
What is Santa Claus’s favorite type of durable medical equipment? A candy cane!!
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The Joke of the Month for November 2022:
What kind of key has legs and can’t open doors? A Tur-key!!
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The Joke of the Month for October 2022:
What’s the difference between a photocopier and a virus? One makes facsimiles. The other makes sick families.
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The Joke of the Month for September 2022:
Why does the infectious disease unit have the fastest WiFi at the hospital? It has all the hot spots!
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The Joke of the Month for August 2022:
Why did the cookie go to the doctor? It was feeling pretty crumby.
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The Joke of the Month for July 2022:
Why did the doctor ask the nurse to walk past the pill cupboard quietly? So they wouldn’t wake the sleeping pills.
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The Joke of the Month for June 2022:
What kind of medical condition causes wrinkled clothes? An iron deficiency.
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The Joke of the Month for May 2022:
What is the medical diagnosis for owning too many dogs? A Rover-dose.
