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 | Nov 6, 2020 | ACA, Bipartisan Healthcare Process, diseases of despair, Donald Trump's future, Donald Trump's Reluctance to accept the outcome of the election, Featured Post, Healthcare in Rural America, Improving the health of the poor, Joe Biden, John McCain, Retrograde Mercury, Social Determinants of Health, the plight of "red state" rural Americans, the president's lies, The Triple Aim
November 6, 2020 Dear Interested Readers, Observations During A Nail Biter That Will Determine The Future Of The Country And Healthcare I have been watching CNN or listening to NPR for most of the time since the polls closed on Tuesday evening....
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Oct 6, 2020 | 2020 Presidential Debates, Attack on The ACA Through the Courts, Covid-19, Donald Trump's management of COVID-19, Featured Post, Healthcare in Rural America, Inequality in Healthcare, Judge Amy Coney Barrett, President Trump, Presidential Politics, The President's COVID-19 Infection, the uncertainty of ignoring pandemic prudence
A prelude written after reflecting on this this post I doubt that there is any information in this letter that will be news to you. My guess is that everyone who might read this letter is aware of the events and issues that it covers. These days we all...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jul 28, 2020 | Atrius Health, Build Back Better, Economic inequality, Featured Post, Fee for service payment, Future of Heathcare, Guthrie Clinic, Healthcare in Rural America, Inequality in Healthcare, Polarization in America, Public Health, Skepticism about the COVID-19 Vaccine, telehealth, The 2020 elections, The World After COVID-19
I was on a socially distanced walk with my seventeen year old granddaughter this week, and we were talking about how quickly and unexpectedly life has changed. She and her parents usually come every summer for a quick visit. They fly into Logan Airport on a...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Mar 12, 2019 | Community Needs Assessments, Future of Heathcare, Healthcare in Rural America, hospital closings in rural America, Population Health Management, Poverty and healthcare, The Triple Aim
In healthcare there is disappointing truth in the old saw, “The more things change, the more they remain the same.” It is paradoxically true that things are changing all the time. I observe that it is often true that in reference to a particular subject or problem...
