by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jul 24, 2026 | 2026 midterm elections, 2028 elections, ACA, Access to care, co-opitition, Corporatization of U.S. Healthcare, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, Healthcare equity, Iran War, Jamelle Bouie, Physician engagement, Quintuple Aim, The Coming Healthcare Revolution, The Public Option
July 24, 2026 Dear Interested Readers, Will Physicians Engage In the Effort to Achieve Healthcare Equity? Last week’s letter reviewed The Coming Healthcare Revolution: 10 Forces That Will Cure America’s Health Crisis, written by David W. Johnson, a...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jul 17, 2026 | ACA, AI in healthcare, ChatGPT, Consumerism in Healthcare, Corporatization of U.S. Healthcare, David W. Johnson, Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel, Featured Post, Healthcare equity, Healthcare Inc., Paul Krugman, Paul Kusserow, Politics and Healthcare, Quintuple Aim, Social Determinants of Health, The Coming Healthcare Revolution, The Public Option, The Triple Aim, Universal Access, workforce issues
July 17, 2026 Dear Interested Readers, Could Positive Change Be Possible Through Market Forces? On my birthday and at Christmas, I frequently get bow ties and books as gifts. I wasn’t expecting anything for my birthday this year because there was no...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jun 26, 2026 | 4th of July, A personal history, Atrius Health, Burnout, Capitalism, ChatGPT, Consolidation in healthcare, Corporatization of U.S. Healthcare, Dr. Louise Aronson, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, Loren Adler, Mass General Brigham, Moral Injury, New England Journal of Medicine, Partners Health Care, The Triple Aim
June 26, 2026 Dear Interested Readers, When Will Doctors Take A Stand? Exactly a year ago, The New England Journal of Medicine began a remarkable series in its “Perspectives” section entitled The Corporatization of U.S. Health Care. There was a companion...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jun 19, 2026 | A story from my life, AI as a tool for diagnosis, AI in healthcare, Burnout, ChatGPT, Corporatization of U.S. Healthcare, Dr. Robert Wachter, Epic, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, Juneteenth, Workforce Shortages in Healthcare
June 19, 2026 Dear Interested Readers, AI May Not “Save” Healthcare, but It Is Changing It If you follow the list of headings that appear at the beginning of each of these letters, you know that one of the most frequent topics is “Future of Healthcare.”...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Apr 3, 2026 | A personal history, Atrius Health, Burnout, concierge care, Corporatization of U.S. Healthcare, Crossing the Quality Chasm, Dartmouth Health, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates, Iran War, Ken Paulus, Moral Injury, Primary Care Challenges, private equity purchases in healthcare, Professional PTSD, The Triple Aim, Thomas Friedman, Wicked Problems
April 3, 2026 Dear Interested Readers, Moral Injury and Burnout: Different, But Both Challenge The Future Of Healthcare In 2005, I was 60 years old and beginning to think about when I might retire. I was very busy practicing full-time in the outpatient...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Mar 27, 2026 | Corporatization of U.S. Healthcare, Crossing the Quality Chasm, David Brooks, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, healthcare for the rural and urban poor, hospital closings in rural America, Iran War, Jamelle Bouie, narcissistic sociopath, New England Journal of Medicine, Politics and Healthcare, President Trump, private equity purchases in healthcare, Social Determinants of Health, Steward Health Care, The future of healthcare under Trump, The Triple Aim, VUCA
March 27, 2026 Dear Interested Readers, Private Equity in Healthcare Is the Wrong Road to High-Quality, Universal, Equitable, Affordable, and Sustainable Healthcare. I must remind myself every week that the intended purpose of this weekly letter is to...
