by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Nov 26, 2021 | "The Doctor" by Sir Luke Fildes, ACA, Continuous Improvement, Equity, Featured Post, Guthrie Clinic, Harvard Community Health Plan, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Harvard Vanguard Medical, healthcare disparities, Healthcare in Rural America, Inequality in Healthcare, Innovation in Healthcare, Joe Biden, Kearsage Regional Ecumenical Ministries, Kearsarge Neighborhood Partners, Lean, Politics and Healthcare, Practice Improvement, The Triple Aim
November 26, 2021 Dear Interested Readers, Thanksgivings For The Opportunities For Service In Troubled Times I hope that by now you have experienced a resolution of any Thanksgiving Day indigestion or mental distress that might have arisen from temporary...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Oct 15, 2021 | ACA, Atrius Health, Carilion Clinic, Costs, Crossing the Quality Chasm, Don Berwick, Dr. Ed Murphy, Elizabeth Warren, Featured Post, Health in America, Healthcare Transformation, out of pocket healthcare costs, physician culture, Politics and Healthcare, Progressive Values, The Triple Aim, Waste in healthcare
October 15, 2021 Dear Interested Readers, Thinking About Our Failures And The Challenges Ahead My wife enjoys Facebook and Instagram despite the recent controversies generated by the whistleblower revelation of the darker side of Facebook management. She...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Oct 1, 2021 | ACA, antiracism, Arlie Russell Hochschild, culture wars, diseases of despair, Dr. Jonathan Metzl, Dying of Whiteness, Economic inequality, Featured Post, Healthcare equity, Ibram X.Kendi, Inequality in Healthcare, Joe Biden's aggressive agenda, Polarization in America, Public Health, racist policy v. racism, Social Determinants of Health, the filibuster, The Triple Aim, Thomas Frank, Universal Access
October 1, 2021 Dear Interested Readers, Why Do We Make Choices That Don’t Promote Our Wellbeing? The news is full of the manifestations of our national uncertainties and deep divisions. At this moment Congress is engaged in a great debate about the...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Sep 17, 2021 | ACA, Continuous Improvement, Costs, Employer Provided Health Insurance, Featured Post, Global Warming, Health in America, Healthcare equity, Inequality in Healthcare, Medicare For All, out of pocket healthcare costs, Poverty and healthcare, Public Health, Public Option, Universal Access
September 17, 2021 Dear Interested Readers, Why Is Universal Healthcare Coverage Such an Elusive Goal? This week’s New England Journal of Medicine has two thought-provoking articles in its “Perspectives” section. The first article is “State Public Option...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jul 16, 2021 | 2022 midterm elections, ACA, culture wars, Economic inequality, Equity, Featured Post, Healthcare as a Right, Inequality in Healthcare, Medicare For All, Politics and Healthcare, Racial Inequality, Republican efforts to limit voting rights, Social Determinants of Health, the filibuster
July 16, 2021 Dear Interested Readers, Are Voting Rights Critical To Improving The Social Determinants Of Health? These are tense times for me. I wish that I could just turn off the television, cancel all my newspaper and magazine subscriptions,...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jun 18, 2021 | ACA, Conservative Values, Critical Race Theory, culture wars, Economic inequality, Empathy, Featured Post, Healthcare as a Right, healthcare disparities, Inequality in Healthcare, Skepticism about the COVID-19 Vaccine, The impact of a conservative majority on the Supreme Court, The Supreme Court and Healthcare, Universal Access
June 18, 2021 Dear Interested Readers, Juneteenth and a Reconfirmed ACA on One Day Speak Loudly to a Legacy of Poverty and Healthcare Disparities. Early this week, my plan for this letter was built around a review of the history of Juneteenth...
