by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Aug 5, 2022 | 2022 midterm elections, ACA, Build Back Better, Consequences of repealing Roe v. Wade, Economic inequality, Emily Benfer, Evictions, Featured Post, Global Warming, healthcare disparities, Housing shortages as a social determinant of health, Kearsarge Neighborhood Partners, Matthew Desmond, Poverty and healthcare, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Senator Joe Manchin, Senator Kyrsten Sinema, Social Determinants of Health, The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, The Triple Aim
August 5, 2022 Dear Interested Readers, Are We Making Any Progress? It’s been a strange week. If you believe in global warming there is circumstantial evidence that sadly you may be right as a continuing drought and high temperatures in the west dry up...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Apr 8, 2022 | ACA, Build Back Better, Choosing Wisely, COVID, Dr. Elisabeth Rosenthal, Dr. Elizabeth Rourke, Emerging from the pandemic, Featured Post, Joe Manchin, Low Value Care, Medicaid post COVID, Putin's Invasion of Ukraine, Tom Friedman
April 8, 2022 Dear Interested Readers, What We Don’t Recognize or Refuse to Manage Plus What We Did Not Learn or Have Conveniently Forgotten May Be Our Undoing Flummoxed: flum·moxed /ˈfləməkst/ adjective adjective: flummoxed bewildered or perplexed.:...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Mar 4, 2022 | 2022 midterm elections, Build Back Better, COVID uncertainty, election scenarios, Featured Post, Health in America, Inflation, Joe Biden and the Future, Joe Biden's aggressive agenda, Joe Manchin, Leadership, Politics and Healthcare, President Volodymyr Zelensky’, Putin's Invasion of Ukraine, Social Determinants of Health, State of the Union Address, The John R Lewis Voting Rights Act
March 4, 2022 Dear Interested Readers, After A Week Of Valor And A Good Speech, It’s Not Time To Give Up. One advantage that I enjoy in retirement is that I can easily redirect my time and attention to events as they occur. As you might imagine, my usual...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jan 21, 2022 | Build Back Better, COVID, Dialog Across the Divide, Economic inequality, Featured Post, Garrison Keillor, Health and Healthcare, healthcare disparities, Joe Manchin, Martin Luther King Jr, Omicron variant, Polarization in America, Social Determinants of Health, the filibuster, voter rights
January 21, 2022 Dear Interested Readers, A Week That Generated Much Concern Was it not ironic that just four days after Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s actual birthday, and two days after this year’s celebration of his life, the Senate slammed the door on...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jan 14, 2022 | 2022 midterm elections, Build Back Better, COVID, Dr. George Thorn, Economic inequality, Ezra Klein, Featured Post, January 6 attack on the Capitol, Joe Manchin, Kars for Kearsarge, Kearsage Regional Ecumenical Ministries, Kearsarge Neighborhood Partners, Martin Luther King Jr, Polarization in America, political identity, Politics and Healthcare, Republican efforts to limit voting rights, Senator Kyrsten Sinema, Social Determinants of Health, The John R Lewis Voting Rights Act, voter rights, Why We Are Polarized
January 14, 2022 Dear Interested Readers: Improving The Social Determinants of Health Near Home While out for a walk this week I was delighted to be listening to a podcast from Ezra Klein who now is a fixture at the New York Times but had been...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jan 7, 2022 | ACA, Build Back Better, COVID, Crossing the Quality Chasm, Donald Trump's Reluctance to accept the outcome of the election, Ex-President Trump, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, Healthcare equity, In the Bleak Midwinter, Inequality in Healthcare, Joe Biden, Omicron variant, Politics and Healthcare, Republican efforts to limit voting rights, The 2020 election, The Attack on the Capitol, The Triple Aim
January 7, 2022 Dear Interested Readers, Thoughts on COVID, January 6th, And The Future of Healthcare In the Bleak Midwinter If you remember my multiple previous comments about “In the Bleak Midwinter,” a poem by the English poet Christina Rossetti,...
