by Dr. Gene Lindsey | May 21, 2021 | 2020 Presidential Debates, ACA, Adaptive Change, Economic inequality, Elizabeth Warren, Emerging from the pandemic, Featured Post, Health Care Policy in the Wake of COVID-19, Inequality, Kearsarge Neighborhood Partners, Medicare For All, Persist by Elizabeth Warren, Poverty and healthcare, Progressive Values, Social Determinants of Health, The Public Option, The Triple Aim, The World After COVID-19, Universal Access
May 21, 2021 Dear Interested Readers, Getting Reoriented I was surprised and delighted last Friday when Amazon delivered Elizabeth Warren’s new book, Persist, two days before its official publication date. I was eager to read what she had to say...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | May 14, 2021 | 1.9 Trillion Dollar COVID Stimulus Bill, ACA, Biden's Use of Executive Orders, Children in poverty, Featured Post, For The People Act, healthcare disparities, Inequality in Healthcare, Joe Biden's aggressive agenda, Medicare For All, Medicare For All Who Want It, Politics and Healthcare, Public Option, Social Determinants of Health, The American Families Act, The American Jobs Act, the filibuster, The John R Lewis Voting Rights Act, The Triple Aim
May 14, 2021 Dear Interested Readers, What Is Joe Going to Do? I am waiting to have President Biden give us more information about how he will move us closer to universal access to care. During the Democratic Presidential Primary Debates, one of...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | May 11, 2021 | Children in poverty, Climate Crisis, Economic Implications of COVID-19, Economic inequality, Elizabeth Warren, Ezra Klein, Future of Heathcare, Global Warming, healthcare disparities, Housing shortages as a social determinant of health, Inequality, Persist by Elizabeth Warren, Poverty and healthcare, Social Determinants of Health, the filibuster, The Triple Aim
Before I retired, especially after Atrius became involved with CMMI’s Pioneer ACO project, I made frequent trips to Washington. The Washington shuttle from Boston was always packed with people who looked like they were involved with very important business. It...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | May 7, 2021 | Dr. Robert Pearl, Featured Post, Fee for service payment, Uncaring:How the Culture of Medicine Kills Doctors & Patients, Zeev Neuwirth
May 7, 2021 Dear Interested Readers, Dr. Pearl Says That The Culture of Medicine Kills Doctors and Patients As I was thinking about the subject for this post I was delighted to receive an email notification from my old friend and former colleague...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | May 4, 2021 | Authoritarianism, Biden's Transformation, Climate Crisis, Economic inequality, Essential Workers, Featured Post, healthcare disparities, Inequality in Healthcare, political polarization, Politics and Healthcare, Poverty and healthcare, Quadruple Aim, Racism in America, Social Determinants of Health, The Triple Aim, Wicked Problems
I have a confession. For some time I have had the suspicion that the idea of the Triple Aim does not effectively call many of us or our institutions to immediate action. I hear an occasional doctor or administrator talk about the “Quadruple Aim” and that makes...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Apr 30, 2021 | 1.9 Trillion Dollar COVID Stimulus Bill, Children in poverty, Featured Post, Healthcare as a Right, Improving the health of the poor, Inequality in Healthcare, Joe Biden's aggressive agenda, Polarization in America, Politics and Healthcare, Social Determinants of Health, The American Families Act, The American Jobs Act, The Triple Aim
April 30, 2021 Dear Interested Readers, Joe Hit It out of the Park And on the 99th day, the president returned some grace and wisdom to the office. When I lived in Waco, Texas my dad and I would play a game. He was the pastor of the First...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Apr 27, 2021 | 1.9 Trillion Dollar COVID Stimulus Bill, Activism in Healthcare, Children in poverty, Family Health Project, Featured Post, Health in America, healthcare disparities, Improving the health of the poor, Inequality in Healthcare, Invisible Americans: The Tragic Cost of Child Poverty, Joe Knowles, Poverty and healthcare, Social Determinants of Health, The American Jobs Act, The Stockton Experiment with UBI, Universal Basic Income
If you ask yourself what are the origins of healthcare disparities your answer would probably be poor access to healthcare, poor access to healthy food, poor education in underserved communities, low wages, inadequate housing, lack of job opportunities, and...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Apr 23, 2021 | Activism in Healthcare, anti-racism, Biases, Black Lives Matter, Children in poverty, Continuous Improvement, Crossing the Quality Chasm, equal justice, Equity, Featured Post, healthcare disparities, Healthcare Transformation, Poverty and healthcare, Racism in America, The 1619 Project, The Triple Aim
April 23, 2021 Dear Interested Readers, The Challenge: Recognize What We Have Been. Ask What We Are Willing To Become It would be a mistake to think that the only important or even most important issue of the last fourteen months was the COVID-19...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Apr 20, 2021 | ACA, Crossing the Quality Chasm, Dr. Robert Ebert, Economic inequality, Equity, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, Harvard Community Health Plan, Harvard Medical School, Health Care Policy in the Wake of COVID-19, Hopes in the Future for a Bipartisan Healthcare Process, Inequality in Healthcare, Invisible Americans: The Tragic Cost of Child Poverty, Polarization in America, Public Health, Social Determinants of Health, The American Jobs Act, The Triple Aim, Universal Access
Last Friday’s letter was an attempt to begin to explore the relationships between what we chose to do and how we are compensated. I spent a long time backing into this difficult subject by going all the way back to 1965 and trying to draw some wisdom from my...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Apr 16, 2021 | Adaptive Change, Build Back Better, Continuous Improvement, Dr. Marshall Wolf, Dr. Robert Ebert, Featured Post, Fee for service payment, Harvard Community Health Plan, Harvard Medical School, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Harvard Vanguard Medical, Health in America, Healthcare Transformation, Inequality in Healthcare, The Triple Aim, transformational change, Universal Access, Waste in healthcare
April 16, 2021 Dear Interested Readers, How We Get Paid Makes A Difference In What We Do Over the years I have probably used one quote from Dr. Robert Ebert in these notes more than any other idea, quote, or concept from any other source. Even if...
