by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Dec 29, 2023 | 2024 elections, ACA, democracy versus illiberalism, Drugs/ Fentanyl, Featured Post, Fee for service payment, Global Warming, Gun Violence as a Public Health Problem, Homelessness and Health, immigration/ illegal immigrants, infrastructure inadequacies, Martin Luther King Jr, Reproductive Rights, the economy and inflation, wars and rumors of wars, Workforce Shortages in Healthcare
December 29, 2023 Dear Interested Readers, It’s Been A Tough Year I am not sorry that we have only two more days in 2023. I always see a little hope in new beginnings. 2024 has the potential to be an outstanding year, but there is an almost equal...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Dec 22, 2023 | 2024 elections, A personal history, Advent and Christmas, Atrius Health, Burnout, Christian Nationalism, Featured Post, Global Warming, Gun Violence, Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates, Ken Paulus, MAGA, Moral Injury, Social Determinants of Health
December 22, 2023 Dear Interested Readers, A Reader’s Response Sometimes when I am writing these notes I wonder if I am writing to myself. It can feel as if I am talking into a closet, and then I get an email that lets me know that there is at least one...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Dec 15, 2023 | A personal history, ACA, Atrius Health, Carol Emmott, Charlie Baker, Clay Christensen, Continuous Improvement, Creative Destruction, Crossing the Quality Chasm, Disruptive Innovation, Dr. Robert Ebert, Featured Post, Fee for service payment, Harvard Community Health Plan, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates, Joseph Schumpeter, Ken Paulus, Moral Injury, Social Determinants of Health, the difficulties of change, The Triple Aim, utopias
December 15, 2023 Dear Interested Readers, Utopian Ideas Versus The Status Quo In Healthcare Less than twenty miles north up Interstate 89 from my home is the Enfield Shaker Museum. I have visited the enclave by Lake Mascoma with its magnificent main...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Dec 8, 2023 | A story from my life, ACA, Carol Emmott, Charlie Baker, Dying Broke, Dylan Scott, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates, Health in America, Ken Paulus, Life Expectancy in America, Saving Democracy, Social Determinants of Health, The conflict between Israel and Hamas, Trump's campaign statements, war in Ukraine
December 8, 2023 Dear Interested Readers, Random Thoughts In Response To Our Collective Angst Things could get much worse, but the question in my mind is whether or not they will get better. Before launching into my complaints and concerns, I should own...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Dec 1, 2023 | A personal history, Carol Emmott, Charlie Baker, Dr. Robin Atlas, Fee for service payment, Glenn Hackbarth, Harvard Community Health Plan, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates, Pilgrim Health Care, Roanne Weisman
December 1, 2023 Dear Interested Readers, Something New For You To Check Out If you are reading this letter on a computer, look to the right side of the page and click on “References.” If you are reading the letter on a cell phone, scroll down to the end...
