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 October 2026
How do you mend a jack-o’-lantern? With a pumpkin patch. 🎃
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 September 2026
What kind of dog loves science experiments? A Lab-rador Retriever
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Joke of the Month for August 2026
Why did the amoeba fail its math test? It multiplied by dividing.
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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.
