by Dr. Gene Lindsey | May 11, 2021 | Children in poverty, Climate Crisis, Economic Implications of COVID-19, Economic inequality, Elizabeth Warren, Ezra Klein, Future of Heathcare, Global Warming, healthcare disparities, Housing shortages as a social determinant of health, Inequality, Persist by Elizabeth Warren, Poverty and healthcare, Social Determinants of Health, the filibuster, The Triple Aim
Before I retired, especially after Atrius became involved with CMMI’s Pioneer ACO project, I made frequent trips to Washington. The Washington shuttle from Boston was always packed with people who looked like they were involved with very important business. It...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | May 4, 2021 | Authoritarianism, Biden's Transformation, Climate Crisis, Economic inequality, Essential Workers, Featured Post, healthcare disparities, Inequality in Healthcare, political polarization, Politics and Healthcare, Poverty and healthcare, Quadruple Aim, Racism in America, Social Determinants of Health, The Triple Aim, Wicked Problems
I have a confession. For some time I have had the suspicion that the idea of the Triple Aim does not effectively call many of us or our institutions to immediate action. I hear an occasional doctor or administrator talk about the “Quadruple Aim” and that makes...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Apr 20, 2021 | ACA, Crossing the Quality Chasm, Dr. Robert Ebert, Economic inequality, Equity, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, Harvard Community Health Plan, Harvard Medical School, Health Care Policy in the Wake of COVID-19, Hopes in the Future for a Bipartisan Healthcare Process, Inequality in Healthcare, Invisible Americans: The Tragic Cost of Child Poverty, Polarization in America, Public Health, Social Determinants of Health, The American Jobs Act, The Triple Aim, Universal Access
Last Friday’s letter was an attempt to begin to explore the relationships between what we chose to do and how we are compensated. I spent a long time backing into this difficult subject by going all the way back to 1965 and trying to draw some wisdom from my...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Apr 2, 2021 | 1.9 Trillion Dollar COVID Stimulus Bill, Build Back Better, Economic inequality, Equity, Featured Post, Global Warming, Gun Violence, Improving the health of the poor, Inequality in Healthcare, Joe Biden's aggressive agenda, Paul Krugman, Population Health, the filibuster
April 2, 2021 Dear Interested Readers, The President’s Big Bill Addresses The Social Determinants of Health The president is determined to build back America to be more equitable and productive than it has ever been before. He formally presented...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Mar 26, 2021 | ACA, Atrium Health, Economic inequality, Employer Provided Health Insurance, Featured Post, healthcare finance, Healthcare in Rural America, Inequality in Healthcare, Joe Biden's aggressive agenda, Joe Knowles, Medicare For All, out of pocket healthcare costs, Social Determinants of Health, Surprise Medical Bills, The Triple Aim, Waste in healthcare, Zeev Neuwirth
March 26, 2021 Dear Interested Reader, Have We Forgotten That The Cost of Care Is A Problem? I mention the Triple Aim in many of my posts. In my opinion, the best graphic that presents the concept was created by the Institute For Healthcare...
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...