by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Nov 29, 2024 | Conservative Values, Donald Trump, Featured Post, Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance, J.D. Vance, MAGA, Political "norms", Politics and Healthcare, Robert Kennedy Jr., Sean Illing, Social Determinants of Health, The 2024 Presidential Election, The Gray Area, The Triple Aim, Trump's Cabinet Appointments, Trump's cabinet selections, Trump's plans for radical changes, Zach Beauchamp
November 29, 2024 Dear Interested Readers, Anxious Times. Can It Get Weirder? Can a candidate claim a landside if they got less than fifty percent of the vote? Can you say you have a mandate if your raw vote margin was smaller than any popular vote...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Nov 22, 2024 | a personal testimony, ACA, Activism in Healthcare, Anne Applebaum, Chat GPT, Dr. Oz, Ezra Klein, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, Inequality in Healthcare, Politics and Healthcare, Project 2025, Robert Kennedy Jr., Social Determinants of Health, Speaker Mike Johnson, The Triple Aim, Trump's Cabinet Appointments
November 22, 2024 Dear Interested Readers, To Survive the Next Four Years, Think Globally and Act Locally I am tired of reading about the election. I have been both entertained and horrified by President-elect Trump’s announcements of the people that he...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Nov 15, 2024 | ACA, AI in healthcare, America's defective social safety net, ChatGPT, doctor shortage, Dr. David Blumenthal, Dr. Joseph Betancourt, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, Health and Human Services, Matt Gaetz, New England Journal of Medicine, Pete Hegseth, Project 2025, Robert Kennedy Jr., Social Determinants of Health, The 2024 Presidential Election, The Commonwealth Fund, the economy and inflation, The future of healthcare under Trump, The Triple Aim, Trump's Cabinet Appointments
November 15, 202 Dear Interested Readers, What Happens Next? I would like to move on from writing about politics, but I can’t deny the impact of politics on the future of our healthcare. The shock, awe, and pain for me of the reelection of Donald Trump have...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Nov 1, 2024 | A story from my life, ACA, Donald Trump, Featured Post, James Carville, Kamala Harris, Nate Silver, Project 2025, Reproductive Rights, Robert F. Kennedy, Social Determinants of Health, Speaker Mike Johnson, The Triple Aim
November 1, 2024 Dear Interested Readers, Can You Survive Five More Anxious Days? There are times when it seems that time stands still. The last month has crept along for me. It feels like it has been a decade since Joe Biden’s disastrous debate with...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Oct 25, 2024 | A story from my life, ACA, American Medical Association, Atrius Health, Crossing the Quality Chasm, Donald Trump, Ezra Klein, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, Kamala Harris, Politics and Healthcare, Social Determinants of Health, The 2024 Presidential Election, The Triple Aim
October 25, 2024 Dear Interested Readers, Looking Back With Some Nostalgia. Looking Forward With Hope Today, eleven years ago, I sent out my last letter, number 296, to the Harvard Vanguard and Atrius Health employees. Initially, the salutation on my...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Oct 18, 2024 | Abortion, Donald Trump, Drew Altman, Featured Post, Healthcare as a Right, Inequality in Healthcare, J.D. Vance, Kaiser Family Fund (KFF), Kamala Harris, New England Journal of Medicine, out of pocket healthcare costs, Politics and Healthcare, Putin's war in Ukraine, Social Determinants of Health, The 2024 Presidential Election, The Triple Aim, the war in Gaza
October 18, 2024 Dear Interested Readers, Thoughts While Trying To Manage My Anxiety Waiting For November 5th and What Might Follow a Tight Election Until recently the healthcare implications of the election have been ignored by the candidates, the...