by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Dec 27, 2019 | ACA, Benefits of the ACA, Big Five Tech Companies Invade Healthcare, Costs, Employer Provided Health Insurance, Featured Post, Healthcare as a Right, Medicare For All, Strategy Formation, The 2020 elections, The Public Option, Universal Access
27 December 2019 Dear Interested Readers, Looking Back At 2019 As We Think About 2020 I am a maker of New Year’s resolutions. It’s that time of year again. Looking back on 2019 I did a pretty good job. I had some partial successes, and some of my...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Dec 20, 2019 | ACA, Activism in Healthcare, Attack on The ACA Through the Courts, Economic inequality, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, Healthcare as a Right, Impeachment of Donald Trump, Polarization in America, Poverty and healthcare, Social Determinants of Health, The Triple Aim
20 December 2019 Dear Interested Readers, Thoughts At The Winter Solstice The Winter Solstice this year occurs tomorrow, December 21, at 11:20 PM while I am waiting for the opening skit of Saturday NIght Live. It will be the shortest day of the...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Nov 8, 2019 | 2020 Presidential Debates, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Healthcare as a Right, History of Healthcare Reform, Jill Lepore, Medicare For All, states' rights, the difficulties of change, The Triple Aim
8 November 2019 Dear Interested Readers, Why Medicare for All Is The Best Choice, But An Unlikely Outcome No Matter Who Wins I know that I am writing to sophisticated readers. Much of what follows may be boringly redundant or a statement of the...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Oct 11, 2019 | 2020 Presidential Debates, ACA, Administrative Burden, Featured Post, Healthcare as a Right, Inequality in Healthcare, Medicare For All, Population Health, Social Determinants of Health, Universal Access, Value Based Reimbursement
11 October 2019 Dear Interested Readers, Where Would You Start? When I listen to politicians talk, at least the ones running for president, the health care problems they are interested in solving are mostly limited to how we achieve universal access and...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Sep 24, 2019 | 2020 Presidential Debates, ACA, Employer Provided Health Insurance, Featured Post, Healthcare as a Right, Medicare For All, Medicare For All Who Want It, The Triple Aim
When I opened my Sunday paper this week, I was delighted to see two healthcare related articles on the front page. The first article written by Nora Doyle-Burr, a staff writer for the paper, was entitled “Health care a pressing issue in 2020 for many Upper Valley...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Aug 16, 2019 | 2020 Presidential Debates, Featured Post, Healthcare as a Right, Martin Luther King Jr, Racial Inequality, Racism in America, Social Determinants of Health, The 1619 Project, The Triple Aim
16 August 2019 Dear Interested Readers, Race and Healthcare The New York Times Magazine has launched a program this month that it is calling “The 1619 Project.” This year is the 400th anniversary of slavery in America. The piece that you will find if you follow...