by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jul 19, 2024 | 2024 elections, Attempt Assassination of Donald Trump, Authoritarianism, Christian Nationalism, Concerns about Biden's fitness for office, Democracy on the Ballot, Diversity Equity Inclusion, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, J.D. Vance, Politics and Healthcare, Project 2025, Republican National Convention, Republican Platform for 2024, Social Determinants of Health, The Triple Aim
July 19, 2024 Dear Interested Readers, It Has Been A Very Strange Week We never know what unexpected event the next day or even the next hour might bring to us. What were you doing late last Saturday afternoon while Biden was in a contentious meeting...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | May 20, 2022 | Attacks on Roe v. Wade, Authoritarianism, COVID, Critical Race Theory, Don Berwick, Ezra Klein, Featured Post, Global Warming, Gun Violence, healthcare disparities, Healthcare equity, Illiberalism, Inequality in Healthcare, Liberal Values, Making America Great Again, Martin Luther King Jr, Mass Shooting in Buffalo, Polarization in America, Putin's Invasion of Ukraine, Replacement Theory
May 20, 2022 Dear Interested Readers, IIliberalism And The Future Of Healthcare It is easy to get lost in the despair of the moment. My newspapers and TV commentators tell me more than I want to know about mass shootings in Buffalo and Southern...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Dec 3, 2021 | Authoritarianism, Bipartisan Healthcare Process, Crossing the Quality Chasm, David Brooks, Democratic control of the House, Dialog Across the Divide, Economic inequality, Equity, Health in America, healthcare disparities, Healthcare equity, Healthcare Transformation, Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance, Ibram X. Kendi, Inequality in Healthcare, intersectionality, Per Scholas, Polarization in America, Politics and Healthcare, Social Determinants of Health, Wicked Problems
December 3, 2021 Dear Interested Readers, If There Are Four Americas, What Does That Mean For Healthcare? We all are aware of the deep bipartisan divide that stymies attempts to improve access to healthcare and lower its cost for all consumers. The same...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Oct 22, 2021 | Ageism, Authoritarianism, Biases, COVID, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, Healthcare equity, Inequality, intersectionality, Republican efforts to limit voting rights, Senator Joe Manchin, the filibuster
October 22, 2021 Dear Interested Readers, Are You Old, Gray, And Only In The Way? On Wednesday morning I was beginning to write this note when I had a sudden change in my plans. My working title was “I Am Concerned About The Future Of Healthcare....
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | May 4, 2021 | Authoritarianism, Biden's Transformation, Climate Crisis, Economic inequality, Essential Workers, Featured Post, healthcare disparities, Inequality in Healthcare, political polarization, Politics and Healthcare, Poverty and healthcare, Quadruple Aim, Racism in America, Social Determinants of Health, The Triple Aim, Wicked Problems
I have a confession. For some time I have had the suspicion that the idea of the Triple Aim does not effectively call many of us or our institutions to immediate action. I hear an occasional doctor or administrator talk about the “Quadruple Aim” and that makes...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Sep 15, 2020 | 2020 Presidential Debates, Authoritarianism, Covid-19, Economic Implications of COVID-19, Featured Post, Public Health, Racism in America, Social Determinants of Health, The Triple Aim, Universal Access
Summer is fading fast into early fall where I live. I have already had a few roaring fires in my fireplace as overnight temps slip into the high thirties. Our fireplace has an elevated hearth where I enjoy sitting as I soak up warmth from a primeval source that...
