by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Nov 15, 2024 | ACA, AI in healthcare, America's defective social safety net, ChatGPT, doctor shortage, Dr. David Blumenthal, Dr. Joseph Betancourt, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, Health and Human Services, Matt Gaetz, New England Journal of Medicine, Pete Hegseth, Project 2025, Robert Kennedy Jr., Social Determinants of Health, The 2024 Presidential Election, The Commonwealth Fund, the economy and inflation, The future of healthcare under Trump, The Triple Aim, Trump's Cabinet Appointments
November 15, 202 Dear Interested Readers, What Happens Next? I would like to move on from writing about politics, but I can’t deny the impact of politics on the future of our healthcare. The shock, awe, and pain for me of the reelection of Donald Trump have...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Nov 8, 2024 | Featured Post, Kamala Harris's inspiring concession, Robert Kennedy Jr., The 2024 Presidential Election, The future of healthcare under Trump, Trump's narcissism, Trump's ssweeping election victory
November 8, 2024 Dear Interested Readers, Can You Believe It? I am sorry that I can believe It. Perhaps, you share the same sense of dismay and concern for our country that has occupied much of the chatter in my mind since I turned off my TV around...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Nov 1, 2024 | A story from my life, ACA, Donald Trump, Featured Post, James Carville, Kamala Harris, Nate Silver, Project 2025, Reproductive Rights, Robert F. Kennedy, Social Determinants of Health, Speaker Mike Johnson, The Triple Aim
November 1, 2024 Dear Interested Readers, Can You Survive Five More Anxious Days? There are times when it seems that time stands still. The last month has crept along for me. It feels like it has been a decade since Joe Biden’s disastrous debate with...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Oct 25, 2024 | A story from my life, ACA, American Medical Association, Atrius Health, Crossing the Quality Chasm, Donald Trump, Ezra Klein, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, Kamala Harris, Politics and Healthcare, Social Determinants of Health, The 2024 Presidential Election, The Triple Aim
October 25, 2024 Dear Interested Readers, Looking Back With Some Nostalgia. Looking Forward With Hope Today, eleven years ago, I sent out my last letter, number 296, to the Harvard Vanguard and Atrius Health employees. Initially, the salutation on my...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Oct 18, 2024 | Abortion, Donald Trump, Drew Altman, Featured Post, Healthcare as a Right, Inequality in Healthcare, J.D. Vance, Kaiser Family Fund (KFF), Kamala Harris, New England Journal of Medicine, out of pocket healthcare costs, Politics and Healthcare, Putin's war in Ukraine, Social Determinants of Health, The 2024 Presidential Election, The Triple Aim, the war in Gaza
October 18, 2024 Dear Interested Readers, Thoughts While Trying To Manage My Anxiety Waiting For November 5th and What Might Follow a Tight Election Until recently the healthcare implications of the election have been ignored by the candidates, the...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Oct 11, 2024 | a woman's right to make reproductive health choices, Abortion, ACA, Benefits of the ACA, Donald Trump, election scenarios, Featured Post, Global Warming, Healthcare Policy, Incremental healthcare improvement, Kamala Harris, Medicare For All, Politics and Healthcare, The 2024 Presidential Election, The Triple Aim, transformational change
October 11, 2024 Dear Interested Readers, Incrementalism Has Replaced Transformation As A Strategy To Improve Healthcare If you are a regular reader of these Friday letters, you know that I have bemoaned the fact that unlike 2008, 2012, 2016, and 2020,...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Oct 4, 2024 | "Pants on Fire Lies", Abortion, ACA, Chat GPT, Dr. Daniel Dawes, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, Governor Tim Walz, healthcare disparities, J.D. Vance, Political "norms", political determinants of health, Social Determinants of Health, Structural Determinants of Health, The 2024 Presidential Election, The Triple Aim, Vice Presidential debate
October 4, 2024 Dear Interested Readers: Thirty-two Days to Go and Counting Down In the Healthcare Musings letter for last week, I reviewed the relationship between the Structural Determinants of Health, the Political Determinants of Health, and the...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Sep 27, 2024 | A personal history, ChatGPT, Dr. Eric Reinhardt, Dr. Steven Schroeder, Dr.Zeev Neuwirth, Featured Post, Improving the health of the poor, Kearsage Regional Ecumenical Ministries, Kearsarge Neighborhood Partners, Martin Luther King Jr, political determinants of health, Social Determinants of Health, Structural Determinants of Health, The 2024 Presidential Election, The Triple Aim
September 27, 2024 Dear Interested Readers, Exploring The Structural Determinants of Health When I became a healthcare CEO in February 2008, I was more focused on what happened within our organization and our relationships with our affiliated hospitals...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Sep 20, 2024 | Abortion, ACA, Access, AI in healthcare, Donald Trump, Dr. Robert Ebert, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, J.D. Vance, Kamala Harris, Politics and Healthcare, Repeal and Replace, Social Determinants of Health, The 2024 Presidential Election, The Harris-Trump Debate, Trump's lies, Workforce Shortages in Healthcare
, September 20, 2024 Dear Interested Readers, He Has “Concepts of a Plan” The most interesting moment for me in last week’s debate between former President Trump and Vice President Harris was when the questions moved to healthcare. I have found that the...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Sep 13, 2024 | Arlie Russell Hochschild, Featured Post, Francis Peabody and "The Care of the Patient", J.D. Vance, John McCain, Jonathan Haidt, Matthew Desmond, Politics and Healthcare, Repeal and Replace, Social Determinants of Health, Taylor Swift, The 2024 Presidential Election, The Harris-Trump Debate
September 13, 2024 Dear Interested Readers, Reflections On Childless Cat Ladies and Illeagal Immigrants Consuming Pets As 9 PM on Tuesday evening approached, I could feel myself getting more and more tense. There were big questions. Would Vice President...
