by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jul 11, 2025 | Big Beautiful Bill, Burnout, Diversity Equity Inclusion, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, Healthcare in Rural America, Lawrence Summers, Moral Injury, New England Journal of Medicine, no margin no mission, Politics and Healthcare, Sister Irene Kraus, The Corporatization of U.S. Health Care, The future of healthcare under Trump
July 11, 2025 Dear Interested Readers, Coming To Grips With A Big Problem My Fourth of July celebration was dimmed a bit by President Trump signing his “One Big Beautiful Bill.” I have learned recently that many of the portions of the bill that will...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jul 4, 2025 | 4th of July, Big Beautiful Bill, Featured Post, healthcare under Trump, Politics and Healthcare, SNAP, Social Determinants of Health, The Declaration of Independence
July 4, 2025 Dear Interested Readers, 4th of July Musings In Uncertain Times If you read this letter on the 4th, I hope that it finds you sharing a great day with good friends, family, or both. Two hundred and forty-nine years of independence are worth...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jun 20, 2025 | Big Beautiful Bill, Children in poverty, Family Health Project, Featured Post, FQHCs, Joe Knowles, Kelley Journey, No Kings protest, Politics and Healthcare, Poverty and healthcare, Richard Rohr, Social Determinants of Health, Trump's attempts to expand the presidency, Trump's military parade, Universal Basic Income
June 20, 2025 Dear Interested Readers, Moving From Distress to Action Where were you last Saturday? Were you among the 5 million neighbors in all fifty states who showed up to vote with your presence against the policies and performance of our president?...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jun 13, 2025 | Adam Hochschild, Arlie Russell Hochschild, Big Beautiful Bill, Deportations, Donald Trump's Reaction to Demonstrations, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, Jennifer Rubin, MAGA, Medicaid, National Guard and Marines in LA, No Kings protest, Robert Kennedy Jr., Saving Democracy, Senator Alex Padilla, Social Determinants of Health, Terry Moran
June 13, 2025 Dear Interested Readers, It Is Hard To Know What Comes Next And How It Will End Since January 21st, there has been a new depressing surprise almost every day, or at least every week, and many of these surprises have a direct or indirect...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jun 6, 2025 | ACA, Big Beautiful Bill, Conservative Values, David Brooks, Elon Musk, Ezra Klein, Featured Post, Healthcare as a Right, Healthcare equity, J.D. Vance, MAGA, Medicaid, Patrick Deneen, Peter Bloch, Politics and Healthcare, Social Determinants of Health, The Triple Aim, Trump's principles
June 6, 2025 Dear Interested Readers, Lately, I’ve Been Upset Every Day The last four and a half months, since President Trump resumed the presidency, have been very stressful for me. I assume that the anxiety and apprehension that I have...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | May 16, 2025 | Big Beautiful Bill, Featured Post, healthcare for the rural and urban poor, healthcare under Trump, Martin Luther King Jr, Medicaid, Moral Ambition, Paul Krugman, Politics and Healthcare, Poverty and healthcare, Rutgar Bregman, Senator Josh Hawley, SNAP, Social Determinants of Health, Trump’s tariffs, Universal Basic Income
May 16, 2025 Dear Interested Readers, The “One Big Beautiful Bill” and What It Might Do to Healthcare It has been another week of surprises in our ongoing adventure of the second Trump presidency. Was it a miracle or the “art of the deal” that led to the...