by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Aug 28, 2018 | ACA, Bipartisan Healthcare Process, Future of Heathcare, John McCain, Leadership, The Triple Aim
It seems ironic that in the same week that we are exposed to more evidence of just how dishonorable our leadership can be, we lose one of our leaders, who over many years and on many subjects, has been one of our best examples of honorable leadership. I never voted...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Apr 17, 2018 | Bipartisan Healthcare Process, Economic inequality, Featured Post, Healthcare as a Right, Inequality, Inequality in Healthcare, Mindset, Moral Minds, Social Determinants of Health, the healthcare debate
Someday the presidency of Donald Trump will be a subject for historians. Whatever historians say, I am sure that they will begin the story long before we thought of Trump’s bid for the presidency as anything more than a joke. The story will not begin with a review of...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jan 2, 2018 | Access, Benefits of the ACA, Bipartisan Healthcare Process, Costs, Health in America, Inequality in Healthcare, Payment Models, Single payer, The Triple Aim
Looking back over 2017 I am moved to say, “You can’t make this stuff up!” That expression is a meme/cliche that entered our culture sometime since the advent of Facebook. It has been used more and more during the evolving chaos of the first year of the Trump...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Nov 7, 2017 | Bipartisan Healthcare Process, Featured Post, Inequality in Healthcare, Social Determinants of Health, the healthcare debate
Living in a “purple state” I often meet interesting people with whom I share some possible connection that both of us choose not to explore because a little superficial exchange quickly reveals that we see the world through the lenses of different political...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Oct 24, 2017 | ACA, Benefits of the ACA, Bipartisan Healthcare Process, History of Healthcare Reform, Politics, Presidential Politics, the healthcare debate, The Triple Aim
Congressional Republicans and the president can’t seem to coordinate their activities to “repeal and replace” the ACA, or get much of anything done. Their inability to deliver on their promise to give the public something better than the ACA is a surprise, since they...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Oct 10, 2017 | 2nd Amendment Rights, Bipartisan Healthcare Process, Featured Post, Healthcare as a Right, Improving the health of the poor, Non Zero
“Keep Your Eyes on the Prize” evolved from a Southern gospel song to become an anthem of the Civil Rights movement of the fifties and sixties. It’s a phrase that frequently pops into my head when I am frustrated with my progress against a goal. It comes to mind now...