by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jun 25, 2021 | Children in poverty, Critical Race Theory, David Brooks, diseases of despair, Dr. Bruce Perry, Economic inequality, Equity, Erik Erikson, Featured Post, healthcare disparities, Improving the health of the poor, Oprah Winfrey, Richard Rohr, Social Determinants of Health, The American Families Act, The American Jobs Act, trauma, What Happened To You?
June 25, 2021 Dear Interested Readers, What Happened to You? Most Monday mornings since the COVID lockdown began I meet on Zoom with a few local friends to discuss a book that we have all been reading. We take on one or two chapters a week and...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Apr 13, 2021 | a personal testimony, Activism in Healthcare, Atrius Health, Biden's Transformation, Crossing the Quality Chasm, David Brooks, Dialog Across the Divide, Don Berwick, E.J. Dione, Equity, Ezra Klein, Harvard Vanguard Medical, Healthcare equity, Healthcare Quality, Inequality in Healthcare, Joe Biden's aggressive agenda, Social Determinants of Health, Stein's Law, The Triple Aim, transformational change
The “serious” section of Friday’s post was entitled “Preparing For Transformation.” At the end of the post after talking about the transformation that Joe Biden was trying to lead as we emerge from the pandemic I promised that I would be returning to the...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Mar 23, 2021 | 1.9 Trillion Dollar COVID Stimulus Bill, a personal testimony, A Promised Land By Barack Obama, ACA, Arlie Russell Hochschild, Conservative Values, David Brooks, Dialog Across the Divide, Economic inequality, Hopes in the Future for a Bipartisan Healthcare Process, Jonathan Haidt, Marcus Borg, Nicholas Kristof, Polarization in America, Racial Inequality, Richard Rohr, Social Determinants of Health, TARP, the filibuster, the plight of "red state" rural Americans, The Triple Aim
One of the most intriguing challenges of the Trump era for me has been to explain his ability to attract the vigorous and loyal support of the religious right and working-class White voters in red states. What has been a puzzling observation of many liberal and...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jan 1, 2021 | Biases, David Brooks, Dean Robert Ebert, Dialog Across the Divide, Economic inequality, Essential Workers, Health Care Policy in the Wake of COVID-19, healthcare for the rural and urban poor, Hopes in the Future for a Bipartisan Healthcare Process, Inequality in Healthcare, Kearsarge Neighborhood Partners, Paul Krugman, Polarization in America, Population Health, Social Determinants of Health, The election of Joe Biden, The World After COVID-19
January 1, 2021 Dear Interested Readers, A Hearty Welcome to 2021! We made it! We have turned the page on 2020. Congratulation to us all. If you are reading these words that were written on the morning of New Year’s Day you are entitled to a...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Nov 27, 2020 | A Promised Land By Barack Obama, Bipartisan Healthcare Process, Black Lives Matter, burnout and professional fulfillment, Crossing the Quality Chasm, David Brooks, Dean Robert Ebert, diseases of despair, Don Berwick, Empathy, Featured Post, Francis Peabody and "The Care of the Patient", healthcare for the rural and urban poor, Inequality in Healthcare, Joe Biden and the Future, Polarization in America, Reverend Jeremiah Wright, Six Domains of Quality, the plight of "red state" rural Americans, The Triple Aim
November 27, 2020 Dear Interested Readers, Where Do We Begin The Work? During this last week I have been listening to Barack Obama read his book, A Promise Land, on my afternoon walks. It has been an incredible experience. I am delighted that the...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Nov 17, 2020 | Crossing the Quality Chasm, David Brooks, Donald Trump's future, Donald Trump's Reluctance to accept the outcome of the election, Featured Post, Healthcare as a Right, Hopes in the Future for a Bipartisan Healthcare Process, Joe Biden, Paul Krugman, Polarization in America, Social Determinants of Health, The 2020 election, The Triple Aim, Universal Access
If you are like me, you are wondering when the uncertainty over the election will end. I ask myself several times a day if there is really some path to a second Trump term. His supporters are in the streets proclaiming that they love him and repeating his claim...
