by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jul 16, 2019 | A personal history of social change, Apollo 11, Presidential Politics, the difficulties of change, The Triple Aim, Title IX, Women's World Cup Soccer Championships
Sometimes when my mind is wandering around with no particular place to go I like to think about all the things that have changed in my lifetime. For example, our first telephone number that I can remember was just three digits. My grandmother was on a “party line”...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jul 9, 2019 | Activism in Healthcare, Economic inequality, Featured Post, Housing shortages as a social determinant of health, Improving the health of the poor, Poverty and healthcare, Social Determinants of Health, The Triple Aim
Every Monday morning I am part of a small group that meets to discuss a few chapters of a book that we have been reading together. The books that we read are theological in nature, but related to an ongoing exploration of social justice. As I mentioned a few...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jul 5, 2019 | 2020 Presidential Debates, Benefits of the ACA, Burnout, Healthcare Transformation, Lean, MACRA, Medicare For All, the difficulties of change, the healthcare debate, The Triple Aim
5 July 2019 Dear Interested Readers, Unpacking the Conversation about Medicare for All with Lean Thinking There has been a plethora of articles this week offering analysis of the Democratic Presidential Primary debates. The Washington Post gave us their...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jul 2, 2019 | 2020 Presidential Debates, ACA, Fee for service payment, Future of Heathcare, Healthcare Transformation, Mariane Williamson, Social Determinants of Health, The Triple Aim, Value Based Reimbursement
Since last week’s First Democratic Presidential Primary debates I keep thinking about Medicare for All versus Medicare for All Who Want It. I am sure there are many things about this complex conversation that I do not completely understand, and in that regard I think...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jun 28, 2019 | 2020 Presidential Debates, ACA, Competition, Costs, Economic inequality, Featured Post, Fee for service payment, Future of Heathcare, Healthcare as a Right, healthcare finance, MACRA, Medicare Advantage, Medicare For All, Medicare For All Who Want It, Public Option, The Triple Aim
28 June 2019 Dear Interested Readers, The Democrats, Healthcare, and More: It’s Complicated For the past two nights we have had our first look at the twenty highest polling contenders for the nomination of the Democratic Party for president....
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jun 25, 2019 | Era 3: the moral era, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, Global Warming, Sister Joan Chittister, The Triple Aim
It was a tough weekend for me. As usual, The Friday “Healthcare Musings” was posted on the Internet at 3 PM on Friday afternoon, but as the minutes, then hours, then days passed without the notice of it existence going out to you I became increasingly distraught....