by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Aug 15, 2025 | AMA vs. universal coverage, Burnout, Corporatization of U.S. Healthcare, doctor shortage, Dr. David Blumenthal, Dr. Harvey Cushing, Dr. Robert Ebert, Featured Post, Francis Peabody and "The Care of the Patient", healthcare for the rural and urban poor, income inequality as a threat to healthcare, MAGA, Medicaid, Medicare, Moral Injury, One Big Beautiful Bill-OBBB, political determinants of health, Project 2025, RFK Jr., Social Determinants of Health, The Triple Aim, Trump's attack on medical research, Trump's chaos strategy, Universal Access
August 15, 2025 Dear Interested Readers, Living in Trump’s Turbulent World In what seems to be an era of ongoing expanding and universal conflict, healthcare—the care of the individual, the collective effort to improve its delivery to everyone, its...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jun 30, 2023 | ACA, COVID, culture wars, diseases of despair, Dobbs v. Jackson, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, Featured Post, George Saunders, Governor Ron DeSantis, Gun Violence, Health Care Policy in the Wake of COVID-19, healthcare disparities, Healthcare Outcomes, Healthcare Quality, Inequality in Healthcare, political polarization, Poverty and healthcare, Social Determinants of Health, The Commonwealth Fund, The threat to women's reproductive rights, Universal Access, woke healthcare
June 30, 2023 Dear Interested Readers, Where Does Your State Rank? Every year The Commonwealth Fund ranks the healthcare in each state. This year’s rankings were published last week on June 22 in an article entitled “2023 Scorecard on State Health...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jun 23, 2023 | 2024 elections, Burnout, COVID, doctor shortage, Dr. Aaron Carroll, Dr. Eric Reinhardt, Dr. Robert Ebert, Featured Post, healthcare disparities, healthcare finance, Inequality in Healthcare, Kearsarge Neighborhood Partners, political determinants of health, Social Determinants of Health, The Triple Aim, Universal Access
June 23, 2023 Dear Interested Readers, Last week, I reviewed Dr. Robert Pearl’s speculations about the recently announced intent of Kaiser to expand its network by acquiring Geisinger Health. As a review, let me remind you that he discussed the issue from three...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jun 2, 2023 | Chat GPT, Equity, Featured Post, French Healthcare, Healthcare equity, Politics and Healthcare, Poverty and healthcare, Social Determinants of Health, Universal Access
June 2, 2023 Dear Interested Readers, Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité “Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité” is the motto of France. It speaks to the high ideals of a country that is trying to improve the social determinants of health for everyone. The motto was...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | May 19, 2023 | A Brief History of the Last One Hundred Years Of Healthcare, ACA, COVID, Crossing the Quality Chasm, debt ceiling, Employer Provided Health Insurance, Featured Post, Matthew Desmond, Politics and Healthcare, Poverty and healthcare, Social Determinants of Health, The Public Option, Universal Access
May 19, 2023 Dear Interested Readers, You Can’t Get There From Here The statement “You can’t get there from here!” was made famous in a brief comedy monologue entitled “Which Way to Millinocket? that was created by the very talented comedy team of...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Sep 9, 2022 | A story from my life, ACO, Continuous Improvement, Dr. Robert Ebert, Featured Post, Fee for service payment, Healthcare equity, healthcare finance, Inequality in Healthcare, Lean, Medicare For All, Pioneer ACO, Queen Elizabeth, REACH ACO, System Consolidation, The Triple Aim, Universal Access, Value Based Reimbursement
September 9, 2022 Dear Interested Readers, Musing About ACO Disappointments This week I have been thinking, or more accurately “musing,” about the current status of ACOs. “Musing” seems to me to be a word that has more depth and feeling than “thinking”,...
