by Dr. Gene Lindsey | May 7, 2019 | Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, Health in America, Opioid Epidemic, Population Health, Social Determinants of Health, The Homeless
I took the picture that heads up this post on a walk this week in Albuquerque. I was there to visit my son and his wife. They moved to Albuquerque in 2007. For my daughter-in-law it was a return to her hometown. Both of her parents had been teachers in the Albuquerque...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | May 3, 2019 | ACA, Featured Post, Healthcare as a Right, healthcare finance, Medicare For All, the healthcare debate, The Triple Aim, Universal Access, Value Based Reimbursement
3 May 2019 Dear Interested Readers, If Medicare For All Is A “Bridge Too Far,” What Is a Plausible Path To Universal Coverage? Earlier this week a friend and I were driving down to Boston to watch the Red Sox. We were not overflowing with...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Apr 26, 2019 | 2020 Presidential Debates, ACA, Attack on The ACA Through the Courts, Benefits of the ACA, Bernie Sanders, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, Joe Biden, Medicare For All
26 April 2019 Dear Interested Readers, Hello Joe, I Don’t Trust Mitch, And Other Post Op Thoughts There is nothing that gets you thinking about the future of healthcare in America and what needs to change, like a personal encounter with our healthcare...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Apr 23, 2019 | 2020 Presidential Debates, Bernie Sanders, Featured Post, Fox News, Health in America, Medicare For All, Single payer
By far, the most positive, most interesting, and most surprising event of the nascent 2020 presidential campaign occurred on April 15. Fox News’ Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum hosted a town meeting with Bernie Sanders. The event was staged in Bethlehem,...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Apr 16, 2019 | ACA, Community Action Agencies, Economic inequality, Entitlements, Poverty and healthcare, The Triple Aim
In last Friday’s Healthcare Musings letter I spent some time reviewing a recent David Brooks’ column entitled “Winning the War on Poverty: The Canadians are doing it; we’re not. I was drawn to his analysis because I have become very involved in efforts to address...