by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Nov 30, 2018 | Activism in Healthcare, Bipartisan Healthcare Process, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, Healthcare as a Right, political polarization
30 November 2018 Dear Interested Readers, Hidden Tribes and the Future of Healthcare Last spring I read The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided By Politics and Religion. It was written by Jonathan Haidt who is a “moral and political”...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Oct 30, 2018 | 2018 Midterm Elections, ACA, Presidential Politics, Senator Jeff Merkley, The Triple Aim, Universal Access
With the growing concerns about the need for change and the approaching election, last Sunday afternoon my wife and I volunteered to go door to door for our local Democratic Party in a “get out the vote” effort. We do not want to wake up in two weeks on November 7...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Aug 31, 2018 | Benefits of the ACA, Bipartisan Healthcare Process, Economic inequality, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, Healthcare as a Right, Healthcare Transformation, Inequality in Healthcare, Joy in Practice, Lean
31 August 2018 Dear Interested Readers, Whataboutism, Pivoting, Economic Injustice, and Healthcare Lately I have been asking people in my circle of acquaintances what they think about “whataboutism.” I have gotten many blank stares which indicates to me that some...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Aug 10, 2018 | ACA, Consumerism in Healthcare, Politics, the healthcare debate
10 August 2018 Dear Interested Reader, Why Is Healthcare Such A Nightmare For Patients (Consumers)? I am sure that as the 2018 election process moves forward from the statewide primaries to final events in the fall the continuing controversies over healthcare will...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jul 31, 2018 | FQHCs, Healthcare Policy, Improving the health of the poor, Life Expectancy, Population Health Management, Poverty and healthcare, Social Determinants of Health, The Triple Aim
Recent circumstances have moved me to take a closer look at the importance of Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC) and their important role in the immediate future of the evolution of better care for the underserved populations of our nation. I have the bias that...