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...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Apr 5, 2019 | ACA, Featured Post, Medicare For All, Proposal of A Federal Health Board, The 2020 elections, The Massachusetts Health Policy Commission, The Triple Aim, Tom Daschle
5 April 2019 Dear Interested Readers, Solving The Real Problems Behind The Problem We’re Having With Healthcare I like solving problems, but nothing frustrates me more than a problem that exceeds my skill level. Take tangled fishing line as an...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Apr 2, 2019 | ACA, AHCA, Attack on The ACA Through the Courts, Mick Mulvaney, Presidential Politics, The Triple Aim
I am one of the nine to ten million Americans who watch the Sunday morning political programs where there is always a talking head from the administration trying to put a spin of coherence on the most recent gaff or nonsensical tweet of the president. A recent...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Mar 29, 2019 | ACA, Judge O'Connor's threat to the ACA, Medicare For All, Presidential Politics, the Mandate, The Mueller Investigation
29 March 2019 Dear Interested Readers, The Next Act In The Continuing ACA Horror Show: “The Republican Party Will Soon Be Known As The Party Of Healthcare.” Really? Last Friday Robert Mueller finished his investigation of possible collusion...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Feb 12, 2019 | ACA, ACO, Atrius Health, Featured Post, Massachusetts Blue Cross, PPO contracts, the difficulties of change, The Triple Aim
I like trains. Perhaps it is because my maternal grandfather worked all of his life for the Seaboard Railroad. Some of my earliest memories are of going down to the train station with him when we would visit the little town in North Carolina where I have had family...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jan 1, 2019 | ACA, Featured Post, Healthcare in 2019, The Triple Aim
I hope that you enjoyed the fireworks last night. Someone on our lake put on a big show. This will not be a typical New Year’s Day. The big college football games leading up to the national championship were played on Saturday night and the NFL playoffs will not begin...