by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Mar 20, 2026 | 2026 mid term elections, a personal testimony, A. E. Housman, ACA market subsidies, Crossing the Quality Chasm, Don Berwick, Dr. Robert Ebert, Featured Post, Fee for service payment, Harvard Community Health Plan, Iran War, Peter Baker, Social Determinants of Health, The Triple Aim, Trump's anger
March 20, 2026 Dear Interested Readers, Healthcare In The Midst of the President’s Chaos and Anger As a White House correspondent for the New York Times since 2008, and for 20 years before that for the Washington Post, Peter Baker has been a close...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Aug 15, 2025 | AMA vs. universal coverage, Burnout, Corporatization of U.S. Healthcare, doctor shortage, Dr. David Blumenthal, Dr. Harvey Cushing, Dr. Robert Ebert, Featured Post, Francis Peabody and "The Care of the Patient", healthcare for the rural and urban poor, income inequality as a threat to healthcare, MAGA, Medicaid, Medicare, Moral Injury, One Big Beautiful Bill-OBBB, political determinants of health, Project 2025, RFK Jr., Social Determinants of Health, The Triple Aim, Trump's attack on medical research, Trump's chaos strategy, Universal Access
August 15, 2025 Dear Interested Readers, Living in Trump’s Turbulent World In what seems to be an era of ongoing expanding and universal conflict, healthcare—the care of the individual, the collective effort to improve its delivery to everyone, its...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jun 27, 2025 | A personal history, DEI, Dr. Crystal Cené, Dr. Joe Dorsey, Dr. Lee Younger, Dr. Marshall Wolf, Dr. Paul Batalden, Dr. Robert Ebert, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, Harvard Community Health Plan, Inequality in Healthcare, Politics and Healthcare, Social Determinants of Health, The Triple Aim
June 27, 2025 Dear Interested Readers, Reflections On A Lifetime Of Practice And The Importance of DEI To Our Health This coming Tuesday will be the fiftieth anniversary of my first day of post-training medical practice. I was quite nervous as I walked...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Sep 20, 2024 | Abortion, ACA, Access, AI in healthcare, Donald Trump, Dr. Robert Ebert, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, J.D. Vance, Kamala Harris, Politics and Healthcare, Repeal and Replace, Social Determinants of Health, The 2024 Presidential Election, The Harris-Trump Debate, Trump's lies, Workforce Shortages in Healthcare
, September 20, 2024 Dear Interested Readers, He Has “Concepts of a Plan” The most interesting moment for me in last week’s debate between former President Trump and Vice President Harris was when the questions moved to healthcare. I have found that the...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Sep 6, 2024 | A personal history, Access, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Atrius Health, Boston Medical Center, Chat GPT, concierge care, Crossing the Quality Chasm, Dartmouth Health, Dr. Robert Ebert, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, Guthrie Clinic, Healthcare in Rural America, medical care in small-town America, Republican Platform for 2024, Social Determinants of Health, Steward Health Care, The Triple Aim, Workforce Shortages in Healthcare
6 September 2024 Dear Interested Readers, The Healthcare Challenges In Small-town and Rural America Are Coming To The City If you live in rural America, a small town, or in a less desirable neighborhood in America, your access to primary care, your...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | May 10, 2024 | A personal history, Conflict in Gaza, Critical thinking, Dr. Robert Ebert, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, Hamas, Harvard "Strike" 1969, Politics and Healthcare, Progressive Values, The 2024 Presidential Election, Tom Friedman
May 10, 2024 Dear Interested Readers, A Flash Back To Tense Times The biggest stories in the news over the past few weeks have been Donald Trump’s trial in New York, the continuing efforts to end the war in Gaza, and the police reactions to the...