by Dr. Gene Lindsey | May 30, 2025 | America's dependence on foreign medical graduates, ChatGPT, Diversity Equity Inclusion, DOGE, Featured Post, First Amendment implications for medical practice, Harvard "Strike" 1969, Make America Healthy Again, Making America Great Again, Paul Krugman, Politics and Healthcare, Social Determinants of Health, Trump's attempts to extort universities
May 30, 2025 Dear Interested Readers, Education, Research, Academic Freedom, and the Social Determinants of Health Of all the things our president has done, which are very difficult to understand, nothing has seemed more counterproductive to me than his...
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 | Dec 13, 2024 | "concepts of a plan", 2028 elections, ACA, Billionaires in Trump's Administration, Brian Thompson, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, Hope, Kristen Welker, MAGA, Paul Krugman, Politics and Healthcare, Project 2025, Robert Kennedy Jr., Social Determinants of Health, Trump's plans for radical changes
December 13, 2024 Dear Interested Readers, Bracing For The Worst While Clinging To Hope We have endured a very bizarre month since the election. The only good thing about it is that time feels like it is moving very fast. One month down and only...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Dec 24, 2021 | Build Back Better, Children in poverty, Climate Crisis, COVID uncertainty, Equity, Featured Post, Global Warming, Inequality, Joe Biden, Joe Manchin, Omicron variant, Paul Krugman, Poverty and healthcare, Ronald Reagan
December 24, 2021 Dear Interested Readers, Warning: The first section of this letter is at times sarcastic. Its content ranges from overt hostility to whimsical fantasy that attempts to answer the question, “What’s the problem with Joe Manchin?” It fails...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Nov 12, 2021 | Build Back Better, Children in poverty, Economic inequality, Featured Post, Former Senator Max Cleland, Health in America, healthcare disparities, Healthcare equity, Joe Biden, Kearsarge Neighborhood Partners, Martin Luther King Jr, Paul Krugman, Professor Heather Cox Richardson, Ray Suarez, The Triple Aim, Veterans Day
November 12, 2021 Dear Interested Readers, Veterans Day and Our Social Programs Last week I introduced you to the podcast, Going for Broke, which is hosted by former NPR broadcaster Ray Suarez and produced by a collaboration between The Nation and the...
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...
