by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jun 13, 2025 | Adam Hochschild, Arlie Russell Hochschild, Big Beautiful Bill, Deportations, Donald Trump's Reaction to Demonstrations, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, Jennifer Rubin, MAGA, Medicaid, National Guard and Marines in LA, No Kings protest, Robert Kennedy Jr., Saving Democracy, Senator Alex Padilla, Social Determinants of Health, Terry Moran
June 13, 2025 Dear Interested Readers, It Is Hard To Know What Comes Next And How It Will End Since January 21st, there has been a new depressing surprise almost every day, or at least every week, and many of these surprises have a direct or indirect...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jun 6, 2025 | ACA, Big Beautiful Bill, Conservative Values, David Brooks, Elon Musk, Ezra Klein, Featured Post, Healthcare as a Right, Healthcare equity, J.D. Vance, MAGA, Medicaid, Patrick Deneen, Peter Bloch, Politics and Healthcare, Social Determinants of Health, The Triple Aim, Trump's principles
June 6, 2025 Dear Interested Readers, Lately, I’ve Been Upset Every Day The last four and a half months, since President Trump resumed the presidency, have been very stressful for me. I assume that the anxiety and apprehension that I have...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | May 23, 2025 | Activism in Healthcare, Burnout, Dr. Alice Chen, Dr. Vivek Murthy, Featured Post, FQHCs, Future of Heathcare, Healthcare equity, healthcare under Trump, hospital closings in rural America, Medicaid, Moral Injury, Senator Bill Cassidy, Social Determinants of Health, The Triple Aim
May 23, 2025 Dear Interested Readers, The New England Journal Comes Through As you may have noticed, I sometimes reference New England Journal of Medicine articles. Honestly, I have been disappointed by the relative silence of the Journal about the...
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 | Mar 28, 2025 | Diversity Equity Inclusion, Featured Post, Health and Human Services, Healthcare equity, J.D. Vance, Jeff Goldberg, Life Expectancy in America, Medicaid, Medicare, Pete Hegseth, Political "norms", Project 2025, Robert Kennedy Jr., Social Determinants of Health, The future of healthcare under Trump, Trump's attempts to expand the presidency
March 28, 2025 Dear Interesed Readers, Weird, Confusing, and Ultimately Very Problematic “You can’t make this stuff up” is one of the most overused and tired clichés in our language, but it has popped into my mind almost every day during the first two...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Feb 28, 2025 | ACA, Billionaires in Trump's Administration, DEI, Drew Altman, Elon Musk, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, House passage of tax and spending bill, MAGA, Medicaid, Politics and Healthcare, Poverty and healthcare, SNAP, Social Determinants of Health, Speaker Mike Johnson, The Triple Aim
February 28, 2025 Dear Interested Readers, A Reverse Robin Hood? Will Cuts In Benefits For The Poor Finance Tax Cuts For The Rich? Last week I had the revelation that I have a lot of conservative DNA that has been hiding within my desire to...
