by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jan 31, 2020 | 2020 Presidential Debates, Activism in Healthcare, Burnout, Costs, Dr. David Shulkin, Dr. Samuel Shem, Empathy, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, Harvard Community Health Plan, Population Health, The Triple Aim, Zeev Neuwirth
31 January 2020 Dear Interested Readers: Between The Way Things Were And What They Might Become As I write this edition of “Healthcare Musings,” the Senate trial of President Trump stumbles toward its conclusion. It is difficult for me to accept...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jan 3, 2020 | Angus Deaton and Anne Case, Depression, diseases of despair, Empathy, Inequality, Life Expectancy, Primary Care Challenges, Universal Access
3 January 2020 Dear Interested Readers, What Is Our Role In Addressing The Diseases of Despair? In 2015 we were all shocked to learn from the Nobel prize winning work of Angus Deaton of Princeton University and his wife Anne Case, who is also a...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Dec 24, 2019 | Advent and Christmas, Conservative Values, Empathy, Featured Post, Hanukkah, Health in America, Liberal Values, Making America Great Again, Medicare For All, Polarization in America, Progressive Values, The Triple Aim
This year Christmas falls in the middle of Hanukkah. I think the overlap creates an opportunity to celebrate the deeper meaning that is shared between these overlapping religious traditions. Both holidays are celebrated near the winter solstice, a time...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Apr 12, 2019 | Economic inequality, Empathy, Featured Post, Healthcare Policy, Inequality, Poverty and healthcare, Racial Inequality, Social Determinants of Health, the power of stories, The Triple Aim
12 April 2019 Dear Interested Readers, What Can We Do About The Poverty Where We Live? I am reading a new book, Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother’s Will To Survive by Stephanie Land. Over the past two years I have searched for books in my...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Mar 1, 2019 | Bernie Sanders, Democratic control of the House, Economic inequality, Empathy, Era 3: the moral era, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, Health in America, Medical Professionalism, Michael Cohen's Testimony, My mother's lessons, Presidential Politics
1 March 2019 Dear Interested Readers Learning A New Way Of Being In The World Together This week has been chock-full of important events that fall along the path of our common journey in troubled times. I am not referring to the debate over the...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Nov 27, 2018 | 2018 Midterm Elections, Activism in Healthcare, Empathy, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, Politics, The Triple Aim
Most of the big issues that we fret about seem far beyond our individual ability to make a difference. It is hard for us to look at a big societal issue and imagine just how our individual contributions can matter. I worry about climate change and hope that my efforts...