by Dr. Gene Lindsey | May 16, 2025 | Big Beautiful Bill, Featured Post, healthcare for the rural and urban poor, healthcare under Trump, Martin Luther King Jr, Medicaid, Moral Ambition, Paul Krugman, Politics and Healthcare, Poverty and healthcare, Rutgar Bregman, Senator Josh Hawley, SNAP, Social Determinants of Health, Trump’s tariffs, Universal Basic Income
May 16, 2025 Dear Interested Readers, The “One Big Beautiful Bill” and What It Might Do to Healthcare It has been another week of surprises in our ongoing adventure of the second Trump presidency. Was it a miracle or the “art of the deal” that led to the...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Aug 9, 2024 | a woman's right to make reproductive health choices, ACA, Ezra Klein, Featured Post, Governor Tim Walz, healthcare for the rural and urban poor, J.D. Vance, Kamala Harris, MAGA, paid family leave, Social Determinants of Health, The 2024 Presidential Election, the Harris campaign for president, weird politics of Donald Trump and J.D. Vance, Wildflowers
August 9, 2024 Dear Interested Readers, Governor Tim Walz Understands The Social Determinants of Health I was delighted when Vice President Harris chose Governor Tim Walz of Minnesota as her running mate on Tuesday. I had been only vaguely aware of...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Feb 16, 2024 | A personal history, A story from my life, ACA, Beth Israel Deconess Medcal Center, Boston Medical Center, Brigham and Women's, Burnout, Featured Post, FQHCs, Guthrie Clinic, Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates, healthcare disparities, Healthcare equity, healthcare for the rural and urban poor, Hill-Burton, immigration/ illegal immigrants, LEAD, Lean, Medical-Moral Sensibilities, Moral Injury, Partners Health Care, Paul Levy, Safety Net Institutions, Social Determinants of Health, The Triple Aim
February 16, 2024 Dear Interested Readers Medical Ethics, Access, and Personal Experience There are huge variations in care in America’s healthcare system. One has a different experience in quality, cost, and access, depending on your location and your...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Feb 3, 2023 | Dartmouth Health, DeSantis attacks diversity, Dr. Robert Ebert, Equity, Featured Post, Gun Violence, Health in America, healthcare for the rural and urban poor, Healthcare's report card, Inclusion, Life Expectancy, Social Determinants of Health, The Commonwealth Fund, The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, The Triple Aim
February 3, 2023 Dear Interested Readers, At 11:31 AM on Tuesday, it was 23 degrees where I live. I was enjoying the almost cloudless sky and bright sunlight. I was out “early” for my walk because the temperature was falling fast. I knew it would be less than...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Aug 19, 2022 | American exceptionalism, Biases, burnout and professional fulfillment, diseases of despair, Dr. Robert Coles and the "Call of Service", Dr. Vivek Murthy, Featured Post, healthcare disparities, Healthcare equity, healthcare finance, healthcare for the rural and urban poor, Healthcare Outcomes, Lean, Politics and Healthcare, RVUs, Waste in healthcare, workforce issues
August 19, 2022 Dear Interested Readers, Burnout and Workforce Challenges These days, it’s hard to escape the feeling that we must have made some huge mistakes for which we are now paying the price. Most of us grew up with the myth of American...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jul 1, 2022 | 2022 midterm elections, ARPA, Boston Medical Center, CARES Act, Collective Action Problems, COVID stress on hospital resources, Dartmouth Hitchcock Health, David Blumenthal, diseases of despair, doctor shortage, Featured Post, Fee for service payment, Guthrie Health, Health Care Policy in the Wake of COVID-19, healthcare for the rural and urban poor, Medicare For All, out of pocket healthcare costs, Polarization in America, Social Determinants of Health, The impact of a conservative majority on the Supreme Court, the plight of "red state" rural Americans, The Triple Aim, Workforce Shortages in Healthcare
July 1, 2022 Dear Interested Readers, Does Healthcare Improvement Still Have A Chance To Get Any Attention? It seems like a long time since I have heard or read much about Medicare For All or any other proposal to expand coverage to the ten percent of...
