by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Dec 24, 2019 | Advent and Christmas, Conservative Values, Empathy, Featured Post, Hanukkah, Health in America, Liberal Values, Making America Great Again, Medicare For All, Polarization in America, Progressive Values, The Triple Aim
This year Christmas falls in the middle of Hanukkah. I think the overlap creates an opportunity to celebrate the deeper meaning that is shared between these overlapping religious traditions. Both holidays are celebrated near the winter solstice, a time...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Dec 20, 2019 | ACA, Activism in Healthcare, Attack on The ACA Through the Courts, Economic inequality, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, Healthcare as a Right, Impeachment of Donald Trump, Polarization in America, Poverty and healthcare, Social Determinants of Health, The Triple Aim
20 December 2019 Dear Interested Readers, Thoughts At The Winter Solstice The Winter Solstice this year occurs tomorrow, December 21, at 11:20 PM while I am waiting for the opening skit of Saturday NIght Live. It will be the shortest day of the...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Dec 13, 2019 | Democratic control of the House, Featured Post, Health in America, Impeachment Hearings, Polarization in America, Population Health, Poverty and healthcare, selling plasma as income for the poor, Social Determinants of Health, The 2020 elections
13 December 2019 Dear Interested Readers, How Good Are Things? It Depends On Who You Are And Where You Live. It’s hard to put the drama in Washington out of mind. If you have had the time, you may, like me, have spent many hours watching the House...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Dec 3, 2019 | 2020 Presidential Debates, ACA, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, Medicare For All, Medicare For All Who Want It, Polarization in America, Repeal and Replace, Universal Access
After last Friday’s missive had been up on the Internet for a little while, I got a question from an interested reader who lives nearby and frequently walks with me. He wrote: Gene, Do I know the person you walked with? Peter’s video is amazing....
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Nov 22, 2019 | Democratic Presidential Debates, Featured Post, Impeachment Hearings, Listening, patient centered care, Polarization in America, St. James
22 November 2019 Dear Interested Readers, Listening and Speaking Across Deep Divisions I think that one of my ministers, Reverend Cindy Johnson, was anticipating the downside of all of the listening that we would be doing this week to the...
by Joe Knowles | Sep 3, 2019 | Guest Contributor, Gun Violence as a Public Health Problem, Guns In the Home, Joe Knowles, Polarization in America, Population Health
“Editor’s” introduction to this post. I am delighted that Joe Knowles has decided to let me share with you his innovative idea that could save many lives from gun violence. He first shared the idea with me last November at one of our occasional meetings for...