by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Dec 9, 2022 | 2022 midterm elections, Build Back Better, culture wars, Don Berwick, Dr. Eric Reinhardt, Dr. Paul Farmer, Empathy, Featured Post, healthcare disparities, Healthcare equity, Illiberalism, Improving the health of the poor, Inequality in Healthcare, political determinants of health, Senator Joe Manchin, Senator Kyrsten Sinema, Social Determinants of Health
December 9, 2022 Dear Interested Readers, Political Determinants of Health The 2022 election season is over! At least we thought it was over before Kyrsten Sinema announced that she was leaving the Democratic Party to become an Independent. It does seem...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Nov 25, 2022 | A story from my life, Cardinal Cushing, Crossing the Quality Chasm, Dr. Joe Dorsey, Dr. Robert Ebert, Featured Post, Harvard Community Health Plan, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Healthcare equity, improving the delivery of care, Richard Rohr, Social Determinants of Health, The Second Mountain: The Quest For a Moral Life
November 25, 202 Dear Interested Readers, In Memoriam J.L.D. Oh yet we trust that somehow good will be the final goal of ill! Alfred Lord Tennyson worked for seventeen years to produce his very famous poem “In Memorium A.H.H.” which...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Oct 28, 2022 | 2022 midterm elections, A story from my life, disinformation, Equity, Featured Post, Garrison Keillor, Health in America, Healthcare equity, Hope, Misinformation, Politics and Healthcare, Republican reluctance to accept the results of the election., Social Determinants of Health
October 28, 2022 Dear Interested Readers, The Tension Is Building The 2022 midterm elections are just eleven days from now. On the one hand, I am sick and tired of the inflammatory political ads that are laced with lies or exaggerations coming from both...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Oct 14, 2022 | 2022 midterm elections, A Promised Land By Barack Obama, Bayard Rustin, culture wars, Diane Gilworth, Economic inequality, Ezra Klein, Featured Post, Healthcare equity, Hope, Improving the health of the poor, Inequality in Healthcare, Martin Luther King Jr, political polarization, Poverty, Racism in America, Social Determinants of Health, Transformative Politics
October 14, 2022 Dear Interested Readers, Looking Back For Guidance Going Forward I am probably like a lot of Democrats who can remember the enthusiasm with which we once embraced heroes like JFK, RFK, Gene McCarthy, and even Jimmy Carter and Bill...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Sep 16, 2022 | 2022 midterm elections, ACOs, Burnout, Dartmouth Health, Dean Robert Ebert, Equity, Featured Post, Fee for service payment, Future of Heathcare, Global Warming, Harvard Community Health Plan, Healthcare equity, improving the delivery of care, Innovation in Healthcare, Medicare For All, Primary Care Challenges, Primary Day in New Hampshire, rural healthcare, The Triple Aim, Value Based Reimbursement, Workforce Shortages in Healthcare
September 16, 2022 Dear Interested Readers, Rethinking How We Deliver Care In last week’s letter, I tried to describe the disappointments and controversies currently associated with ACOs. Like a serialized Netflix presentation I want to begin by...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Sep 9, 2022 | A story from my life, ACO, Continuous Improvement, Dr. Robert Ebert, Featured Post, Fee for service payment, Healthcare equity, healthcare finance, Inequality in Healthcare, Lean, Medicare For All, Pioneer ACO, Queen Elizabeth, REACH ACO, System Consolidation, The Triple Aim, Universal Access, Value Based Reimbursement
September 9, 2022 Dear Interested Readers, Musing About ACO Disappointments This week I have been thinking, or more accurately “musing,” about the current status of ACOs. “Musing” seems to me to be a word that has more depth and feeling than “thinking”,...
