by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jun 12, 2020 | Attack on The ACA Through the Courts, Black Lives Matter, Covid-19, diseases of despair, Hope, Inequality in Healthcare, Martin Luther King Jr, public Demonstrations Against Racism and Police Brutality, Racial Inequality, Racism in America, Social Determinants of Health, telehealth
June 12, 2020 Dear Interested Readers, Hope For Transformational Change Interesting and surprising things happen in cyberspace. I send these letters to you through a platform called WordPress. I get responses from you in two ways. Some of you just...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Apr 24, 2020 | C-19, coronavirus, Covid-19, diseases of despair, Featured Post, Honoring Caregivers in the Fight Against COVID-19, Pandemic Management, Poverty and healthcare, Social Determinants of Health, The Quality Chasm, The World After COVID-19, Universal Access
April 24, 2020 Dear Interested Readers, A Fear Of Slip Slidin’ Away The changing character of the native population, brought about through unremarked pressures on porous borders; the creation of an increasingly unwieldy and rigid bureaucracy,...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Apr 21, 2020 | Atul Gawande, C-19, chronic disease management, coronavirus, Covid-19, diseases of despair, Featured Post, Fee for service payment, Future of Heathcare, Pandemic Management, the difficulties of change, The World After COVID-19
Perhaps the most satisfying part of writing is hearing from you. This week I was delighted to hear from two people for whom I have great respect and some past history. One letter was a discussion of what faces us now; how and when to move toward more normal...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jan 21, 2020 | Angus Deaton and Anne Case, diseases of despair, Economic inequality, Featured Post, Nicholas Kristof, Poverty and healthcare, Social Determinants of Health, The Triple Aim
It’s now less than a year until Inauguration Day 2021. If you want the exact number of days, hours, minutes or even seconds until Wednesday January 20, 2021, click here. I have a bad habit of relating experiences in life to athletic challenges. Early on, I...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jan 3, 2020 | Angus Deaton and Anne Case, Depression, diseases of despair, Empathy, Inequality, Life Expectancy, Primary Care Challenges, Universal Access
3 January 2020 Dear Interested Readers, What Is Our Role In Addressing The Diseases of Despair? In 2015 we were all shocked to learn from the Nobel prize winning work of Angus Deaton of Princeton University and his wife Anne Case, who is also a...