by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jun 7, 2024 | 2024 elections, ACA, D Day, Diversity Equity Inclusion, Dr. Sandro Galea, Featured Post, Health in America, Healthcare Policy, Polarization in America, political determinants of health, Progressive Values, Public Health, Social Determinants of Health, The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, The threat to women's reproductive rights, The Triple Aim
June 7, 2024 Dear Interested Readers, Political Dermanents of Health I have written many letters to you that focus on the various aspects of the social determinants of health. Much less frequently I have mentioned the political determinants of health. As...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Apr 28, 2023 | AI in healthcare, burnout and professional fulfillment, D Day, doctor shortage, Dr. Robert Ebert, Featured Post, Guthrie Health, Small town medical practice, Workforce Shortages in Healthcare
April 28, 2023 Dear Interested Readers, The Challenges of Medical Practice in Small Towns and Rural Environments Last weekend my wife and I enjoyed attending my sixtieth high school reunion in South Carolina. The class of 1963 at Dreher High School was...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jun 10, 2022 | 2022 midterm elections, ACA, D Day, David Brooks, Donald Trump's management of COVID-19, Donald Trump's Reluctance to accept the outcome of the election, Equity, Featured Post, Healthcare equity, Hearings of House Committee on January 6, Inflation, Polarization in America
June 10, 2022 Dear Interested Readers, Are We Too Far Gone To Protect and Improve Healthcare? It has been an anxious week for me. I have been waiting a long time to hear from the House committee investigating the January 6th, 2021 attack on the Capitol...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jan 28, 2022 | A story from my life, Climate Crisis, Collective Action Problems, Culture, D Day, David Brooks, Don't Look Up, Featured Post, healthcare disparities, narcissism, Social Determinants of Health, Wicked Problems
January 28, 2022 Dear Interested Readers, Note to readers: A friend and interested reader once told me that I was a better memoirist than an essayist. This week I am taking that observation to heart. As you read the first section of this week’s offering, you...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jun 7, 2019 | ACA, Atul Gawande, Congressional Budget Office, CVS Health Hubs, D Day, Haven Healthcare, Interoperability, MSSP
7 June 2019 Dear Interested Readers This and That Some weeks it is hard for me to decide what the topic of this letter should be. Longtime readers might remember when I would take on three of four different subjects in the same letter. At the time I was...