by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Apr 2, 2021 | 1.9 Trillion Dollar COVID Stimulus Bill, Build Back Better, Economic inequality, Equity, Featured Post, Global Warming, Gun Violence, Improving the health of the poor, Inequality in Healthcare, Joe Biden's aggressive agenda, Paul Krugman, Population Health, the filibuster
April 2, 2021 Dear Interested Readers, The President’s Big Bill Addresses The Social Determinants of Health The president is determined to build back America to be more equitable and productive than it has ever been before. He formally presented...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Mar 19, 2021 | "Caste." Racism, 1.9 Trillion Dollar COVID Stimulus Bill, Economic inequality, Featured Post, Gun Violence as a Public Health Problem, Improving the health of the poor, Inequality, Joe Knowles, Non Zero, Poverty and healthcare, Richard Rohr, Social Determinants of Health, The Canadian Experiment With UBI, The Stockton Experiment with UBI, Universal Basic Income
March 19, 2021 Dear Interested Readers, To Discuss The Social Determinants of Health Is To Discuss Poverty The Kaiser Family Foundation published a paper this week that detailed the impact on the social determinants of health of the 1.9 COVID...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Feb 26, 2021 | “The Commonwealth Fund Task Force on Payment and Delivery System Reform:, 340B, Administrative Burden, Health in America, healthcare for the rural and urban poor, Improving the health of the poor, patient centered care, System Consolidation, telehealth, The Triple Aim, Universal Access
February 26, 2021 Dear Interested Readers, Can We Balance Regulatory and Competitive Approaches to Promoting a High Performing Health System? This is the sixth and final installment of my review of the report of the Commonwealth Fund’s task force...
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 | Jul 7, 2020 | Bret Kavanaugh, Covid-19, Donald Trump's management of COVID-19, Donald Trump's Reaction to Demonstrations, Economic Implications of COVID-19, Economic inequality, Employer Provided Health Insurance, Improving the health of the poor, Inequality in Healthcare, public Demonstrations Against Racism and Police Brutality, Racial Inequality, Reopening the economy
The president taught me something this week. I was not surprised when I heard that his campaign speech at Mount Rushmore was a dark and divisive presentation. I was very surprised, and a bit supercilious, when I heard that his rath came down on “far left”...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Sep 17, 2019 | Continuous Improvement, Economic inequality, Featured Post, Improving the health of the poor, Kearsage Regional Ecumenical Ministries, Mark Twain's wisdom, Opioid Epidemic, Poverty and healthcare, The potential fallibility of statistics, The Triple Aim
Samuel Langhorne Clemons, a.k.a. MarkTwain, is famous for his ability to express a profound truth in a few pithy words. I frequently am reminded of his wisdom when I try to write. He is famous for saying “I apologize for such a long letter – I didn’t have...
