by Dr. Gene Lindsey | May 23, 2017 | ACA, AHCA, Costs, Delivery, Featured Post, Presidential Politics, Repeal and Replace
In August 2015 I gave a talk on the history of the evolution of health insurance that was part of a seminar entitled “Practicing in the Era of Healthcare Reform.” I concluded my talk with a slide labeled “Persistent Problems.” I recently reviewed the presentation and...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | May 9, 2017 | ACA, AHCA, Featured Post, Presidential Politics, Repeal and Replace, the healthcare debate, the power of stories, The Triple Aim
I have watched my favorite teams lose championship games. I remember the sinking feeling that I experienced when Richard Nixon was elected for the second time, even after it was really pretty clear that he was a crook. I suffered when Jimmy Carter, one of the most...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | May 2, 2017 | ACA, AHCA, Featured Post, Healthcare Policy, Repeal and Replace, The Triple Aim
It may seem strange to you, but each time I hear that the president and the Republican leadership are making an effort to resuscitate their attempt at repealing and replacing the ACA, I immediately think of the surprising last scene from “Fatal Attraction,” the...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Apr 25, 2017 | ACA, AHCA, Featured Post, Healthcare Policy, Payment Models, Repeal and Replace, the healthcare debate, The Triple Aim
After the failure of Paul Ryan’s American Health Care Act to get passed over the internal squabbling of House Republicans despite their forty four vote majority, David Brooks wrote an interesting tongue in cheek column entitled “The Coming Incompetence Crisis.” He...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Mar 28, 2017 | ACA, AHCA, Costs, Featured Post, Medicaid Reform, Presidential Politics, Repeal and Replace, the healthcare debate, The Triple Aim
The announcement of the death of the AHAC and the president’s prediction of the “explosion” of the ACA broke in an unusual way. Robert Costa of the Washington Post got the word directly from the president and then tweeted that the AHAC was being...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Mar 21, 2017 | AHCA, Burnout, Costs, Featured Post, Population Health Management, Repeal and Replace
Retirement is a time of reflection. Most of one’s agency lies in the past. I must organize opportunities to transfer bits of experience, insight and wisdom to those who still do the work if I am to have the joy of continuing to contribute to the dream of a future...