by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jul 8, 2022 | "Caste." Racism, Activism in Healthcare, Biases, Boston Medical Center, COVID, Dean Robert Ebert, Don Berwick, Dr. Edward Freis, Dr. Hermann Blumgart, Dr. Joe Dorsey, Dr. Steven Schroeder, Featured Post, Global Warming, Gun Violence as a Public Health Problem, Harvard Community Health Plan, Healthcare equity, patient centered care, Politics and Healthcare, Population Health, Preventative Care, Public Health, Social Determinants of Health, The impact of a conservative majority on the Supreme Court, The Triple Aim, Zeev Neuwirth
July 8, 2022 Dear Interested Readers, Reflections on the Long Journey Toward a Greater Appreciation of the Importance of Public Health and Healthcare Equity I often wonder what is being taught in medical schools these days. My medical school days are more than...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jul 1, 2022 | 2022 midterm elections, ARPA, Boston Medical Center, CARES Act, Collective Action Problems, COVID stress on hospital resources, Dartmouth Hitchcock Health, David Blumenthal, diseases of despair, doctor shortage, Featured Post, Fee for service payment, Guthrie Health, Health Care Policy in the Wake of COVID-19, healthcare for the rural and urban poor, Medicare For All, out of pocket healthcare costs, Polarization in America, Social Determinants of Health, The impact of a conservative majority on the Supreme Court, the plight of "red state" rural Americans, The Triple Aim, Workforce Shortages in Healthcare
July 1, 2022 Dear Interested Readers, Does Healthcare Improvement Still Have A Chance To Get Any Attention? It seems like a long time since I have heard or read much about Medicare For All or any other proposal to expand coverage to the ten percent of...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jun 24, 2022 | 2022 midterm elections, 2024 elections, ACA, Attack on The ACA Through the Courts, Donald Trump's Reluctance to accept the outcome of the election, Economic inequality, Featured Post, Global Warming, Gun Violence, healthcare disparities, Healthcare equity, Hearings of House Committee on January 6, Inequality in Healthcare, Inflation, Kars for Kearsarge, Kearsage Regional Ecumenical Ministries, Kearsarge Neighborhood Partners, out of pocket healthcare costs, Poverty and healthcare, Roe v. Wade is overturned, Social Determinants of Health, The impact of a conservative majority on the Supreme Court
June 24, 2022 Dear Interested Readers, Slip Slidin’ Away From time to time since election night in November 2016, I have found myself humming the melody of Paul Simon’s 1977 hit, “Slip Slidin’ Away” while the words pass through my mind. The fourth verse...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jun 17, 2022 | antiracism, Biases, Consequences of repealing Roe v. Wade, COVID, Donald Trump's Reluctance to accept the outcome of the election, Equity, Featured Post, George Saunders, Global Warming, Gun Violence as a Public Health Problem, healthcare disparities, Hearings of House Committee on January 6, Ibram X. Kendi, Inequality in Healthcare, January 6 attack on the Capitol, Juneteenth, Linda Villarosa, Martin Luther King Jr, Mass shootings as an epidemic, Public Health, Putin's Invasion of Ukraine, Racism in America, Roe v. Wade, Social Determinants of Health, structural racism in medicine, The 1619 Project
June 17, 2022 Dear Interested Readers, Thinking About About Race And Healthcare Disparities A good friend here in New London was a successful Hollywood screenwriter. In retirement, he enjoys substitute teaching at our local middle school where he also...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jun 10, 2022 | 2022 midterm elections, ACA, D Day, David Brooks, Donald Trump's management of COVID-19, Donald Trump's Reluctance to accept the outcome of the election, Equity, Featured Post, Healthcare equity, Hearings of House Committee on January 6, Inflation, Polarization in America
June 10, 2022 Dear Interested Readers, Are We Too Far Gone To Protect and Improve Healthcare? It has been an anxious week for me. I have been waiting a long time to hear from the House committee investigating the January 6th, 2021 attack on the Capitol...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jun 3, 2022 | Biden's Advocacy For Gun Control Legislation, Critical Race Theory, David Brooks, diseases of despair, Dr. Steven Schroeder, Economic inequality, Featured Post, Global Warming, Gun Violence as a Public Health Problem, Healthcare equity, Life Expectancy, Martin Luther King Jr, Poverty and healthcare, Robert Potter, Social Determinants of Health, Southern Baptist sex abuse scandal
June 3, 2022 Dear Interested Readers, More Problems Than Power In The Search For Solutions In A Divided Land In 2007, a few months before I became the CEO of Atrius Health and Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates, Dr. Steven Schroeder’s “Shattuck Lecture”...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | May 27, 2022 | Attacks on Roe v. Wade, Beto O'Rourke, Biden's Advocacy For Gun Control Legislation, Featured Post, Governor Abbott, Gun Violence as a Public Health Problem, Mass Shooting in Buffalo, Mass shootings as an epidemic, Nicholas Kristof, Putin's Invasion of Ukraine, Southern Baptist sex abuse scandal, Uvalde
May 27, 2022 Dear Interested Readers, What’s Next? I Salute Beto, Chris, Nick, and Joe It is hard to imagine a two-week period that is so full of horrible domestic news that the war in Ukraine almost seems like a secondary concern. Last week we saw that...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | May 20, 2022 | Attacks on Roe v. Wade, Authoritarianism, COVID, Critical Race Theory, Don Berwick, Ezra Klein, Featured Post, Global Warming, Gun Violence, healthcare disparities, Healthcare equity, Illiberalism, Inequality in Healthcare, Liberal Values, Making America Great Again, Martin Luther King Jr, Mass Shooting in Buffalo, Polarization in America, Putin's Invasion of Ukraine, Replacement Theory
May 20, 2022 Dear Interested Readers, IIliberalism And The Future Of Healthcare It is easy to get lost in the despair of the moment. My newspapers and TV commentators tell me more than I want to know about mass shootings in Buffalo and Southern...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | May 13, 2022 | 1968, 2022 midterm elections, Attacks on Roe v. Wade, Black Power, COVID, Economic inequality, Eric Holder, Featured Post, healthcare disparities, Martin Luther King Jr, Poverty, Putin's Invasion of Ukraine, Republican efforts to limit voting rights, Social Determinants of Health, The threat to women's reproductive rights, The Voting Rights Act of 1965
May 13, 2022 Dear Interested Readers, How Hope Can Endure In Difficult Times If you were a young African American in the early sixties, you were in the midst of a noble struggle meant to free you from the difficulties and disrespect that your parents and...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | May 6, 2022 | Attacks on Roe v. Wade, Biden's American Families Plan, Brett Kavanaugh, Children in poverty, Consequences of repealing Roe v. Wade, COVID, Economic inequality, healthcare disparities, January 6 attack on the Capitol, Jill Lepore, Justice Barrett, Justice Gorsuch, Martin Luther King Jr, Merrick Garland, Poverty and healthcare, Putin's Invasion of Ukraine, Sister Joan Chittister, Social Determinants of Health, The impact of a conservative majority on the Supreme Court
May 6, 2022 Dear interested Readers, Surprised and Disappointed Again in Strange Times It’s been another tough week in Ukraine, especially in Mariupol, and not so pleasant here. It has been a week with at least one huge surprise. I can remember halcyon...
