by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Feb 28, 2025 | ACA, Billionaires in Trump's Administration, DEI, Drew Altman, Elon Musk, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, House passage of tax and spending bill, MAGA, Medicaid, Politics and Healthcare, Poverty and healthcare, SNAP, Social Determinants of Health, Speaker Mike Johnson, The Triple Aim
February 28, 2025 Dear Interested Readers, A Reverse Robin Hood? Will Cuts In Benefits For The Poor Finance Tax Cuts For The Rich? Last week I had the revelation that I have a lot of conservative DNA that has been hiding within my desire to...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Feb 21, 2025 | Biases, Conservative Values, Continuous Improvement, culture wars, David Brooks, DEI, Elon Musk, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, healthcare under Trump, intersectionality, Liberalism, Life Expectancy, MAGA, Medicaid, Politics and Healthcare, Populism, Principles of Stupidity, Progressive Values, Robert Kennedy Jr., SNAP, Social Determinants of Health, The Triple Aim
February 21, 2025 Dear Interested Readers, Maybe Trump’s Radical Ways Are Revealing That I Am A Conservative Last Thursday I was delighted to see that David Brooks had a new opinion piece in the New York Times. His column usually comes out every...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Feb 14, 2025 | A personal history, AI in healthcare, Atrius Health, ChatGPT, chronic disease management, Computers In Healthcare, Diversity Equity Inclusion, employed physicians, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, Harvard Community Health Plan, Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates, infrastructure inadequacies, MAGA, Moral Injury, Primary Care Challenges, Social Determinants of Health, The future of healthcare under Trump, The Triple Aim, Workforce Shortages in Healthcare
February 14, 2025 Dear Interested Readers, Primary Care Has Changed Since 1975 For several weeks, I have felt a need to write about primary care. When I try to write to express my concerns about primary care, I am derailed by yet another outrageous event...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Feb 7, 2025 | American Oligarchs, amyloidosis, Conflict in Gaza, CVS Specialty Medicine, Diversity Equity Inclusion, DOGE, Elon Musk, Featured Post, flood-the-zone strategy, Hakeem Jeffries, MAGA, Mass General Brigham, Politics and Healthcare, Robert Kennedy Jr., Social Determinants of Health, Trump's Cabinet Appointments, Trump's plan for Gaza, whack-a-mole, Willem Lange, wokeness
7 February 2025 Dear Interested Readers, As The Chaos Continues, I Want to Reflect On Primary Care, But Can’t. In a New York Times opinion piece entitled “This Isn’t Reform. It’s Sabotage.” written by David Wallace-Wells and published on Wednesday...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jan 31, 2025 | A story from my life, amyloidosis, ChatGPT, Diversity Equity Inclusion, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, Make America Healthy Again, Politics and Healthcare, Project 2025, Robert Kennedy Jr., Social Determinants of Health, The Commonwealth Fund, The future of healthcare under Trump, The Triple Aim, Trump's Cabinet Appointments
January 31, 2025 Dear Interested Readers, Trump’s Campaign of Strategic Chaos Continues: Implications For Healthcare Over the last week, President Trump has challenged Democrats to a game of political “Whack-a-Mole” with a flurry of outrageous executive...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jan 24, 2025 | Climate Crisis, Diversity Equity Inclusion, Featured Post, Health in America, immigration/ illegal immigrants, J.D. Vance, MAGA, Pete Hegseth, Politics and Healthcare, Robert Kennedy Jr., Social Determinants of Health, The future of healthcare under Trump, Trump's cabinet selections, Trump's plans for radical changes, Who Is My Neighbor?
January 24, 2025 Dear Interested Readers, A Wild Week Makes Me Wonder About What Comes Next I didn’t watch Trump’s inauguration. From the reviews I have read of his speech and the event that replaced the parade where he was signing executive orders and...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jan 17, 2025 | "concepts of a plan", Abortion, ACA, Access, American Oligarchs, amyloidosis, Billionaires in Trump's Administration, ChatGPT, Diversity Equity Inclusion, Dr. Joseph Betancourt, Economic inequality, Featured Post, Global Warming, Healthcare equity, Healthcare Quality, healthcare under Trump, insurance denials, MAGA, Martin Luther King Jr, R.F.K., Social Determinants of Health, The Commonwealth Fund, The future of healthcare under Trump, The Triple Aim, Trump's Cabinet Appointments, Willem Lange
January 17, 2025 Dear Interested Readers, It’s a New Year, a New Government, and a Very New Day Coming The New Year is slowly building some momentum. As there is increasing certainty about who will populate the Trump cabinet, we will have more clarity...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jan 10, 2025 | A dysfunctional House, Budget Reconciliation, Carter's Crisis of Confidence speech, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, Healthcare equity, Jimmy Carter, Jimmy Csrter's funeral, Making America Great Again, Politics and Healthcare, Project 2025, Social Determinants of Health, The Triple Aim, Trump's campaign statements, Trump's felony conviction in New York
January 10, 2025 Dear Interested Readers, Opposites and Uncertainties Late Tuesday afternoon, I was doing my home PT program when my wife turned on the local evening news and we discovered the television presentation of Jimmy Carter’s casket being...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jan 3, 2025 | A personal history, Carter's Camp David Peace Accords, Carter's Efforts To Expand Healthcare Access, Featured Post, Jimmy Carter, Mental Health Systems Act of 1980, Morning in America, Ronald Reagan, Rosalynn Carter, Social Determinants of Health, Social Security Disability under Reagan, Southern Baptists, Ted Kennedy, Why Not the Best?
January 3, 2025 Dear Interested Readers, My Jimmy Carter Musings In the very early spring of 1976, I decided to take a short trip to Bermuda. After the stress of my first year in practice, which followed all the stresses of my medical school years,...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Dec 27, 2024 | Charles Handy, Equity, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, Healthcare equity, healthcare under Trump, Hope, Inequality in Healthcare, Lean, MAGA, patient centered care, Politics and Healthcare, Quality, Robert Kennedy Jr., Social Determinants of Health, Strategy Formation, The Triple Aim, Trump's nominees for high administrative offices
December 27, 2024 Dear Interested Readers, Strategy Formation Looking Forward If you read my post from last week, written in response to Charles Handy’s death, you might remember the comment about how Handy contended that almost everyone has a...
