by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Oct 25, 2024 | A story from my life, ACA, American Medical Association, Atrius Health, Crossing the Quality Chasm, Donald Trump, Ezra Klein, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, Kamala Harris, Politics and Healthcare, Social Determinants of Health, The 2024 Presidential Election, The Triple Aim
October 25, 2024 Dear Interested Readers, Looking Back With Some Nostalgia. Looking Forward With Hope Today, eleven years ago, I sent out my last letter, number 296, to the Harvard Vanguard and Atrius Health employees. Initially, the salutation on my...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Aug 9, 2024 | a woman's right to make reproductive health choices, ACA, Ezra Klein, Featured Post, Governor Tim Walz, healthcare for the rural and urban poor, J.D. Vance, Kamala Harris, MAGA, paid family leave, Social Determinants of Health, The 2024 Presidential Election, the Harris campaign for president, weird politics of Donald Trump and J.D. Vance, Wildflowers
August 9, 2024 Dear Interested Readers, Governor Tim Walz Understands The Social Determinants of Health I was delighted when Vice President Harris chose Governor Tim Walz of Minnesota as her running mate on Tuesday. I had been only vaguely aware of...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jul 5, 2024 | 2024 elections, A story from my life, Concerns about Biden's fitness for office, David Brooks, Donald Trump, Ezra Klein, Featured Post, Joe Biden, Social Determinants of Health, The June 27 presidential debate
July 5, 2024 Dear Interested Readers Let’s Think about Joe There has been something weird going on in cyberspace. Three weeks ago the notification service that I use each week to send an email to you saying that there is a new letter for you to...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Feb 24, 2023 | Black History Month, COVID uncertainty, Economic inequality, Ezra Klein, Featured Post, Global Warming, healthcare disparities, Healthcare equity, Jimmy Carter, Joe Biden's coordination of the west's response to Putin's invasion of Ukraine, Martin Luther King Jr, Poverty and healthcare, President Volodymyr Zelensky’, Putin's Invasion of Ukraine, VUCA
February 24, 2024 Dear Interested Readers, A Potpourri Of Anniversaries and Observations I apologize for making a self-congratulatory statement, but anniversaries are meaningful. This is the fifteenth anniversary of these Friday letters. There has been...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Oct 14, 2022 | 2022 midterm elections, A Promised Land By Barack Obama, Bayard Rustin, culture wars, Diane Gilworth, Economic inequality, Ezra Klein, Featured Post, Healthcare equity, Hope, Improving the health of the poor, Inequality in Healthcare, Martin Luther King Jr, political polarization, Poverty, Racism in America, Social Determinants of Health, Transformative Politics
October 14, 2022 Dear Interested Readers, Looking Back For Guidance Going Forward I am probably like a lot of Democrats who can remember the enthusiasm with which we once embraced heroes like JFK, RFK, Gene McCarthy, and even Jimmy Carter and Bill...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Aug 12, 2022 | 2022 midterm elections, Build Back Better, Children in poverty, Economic inequality, Effective altruism, Equity, Ezra Klein, Featured Post, Global Warming, Inflation, Kearsage Regional Ecumenical Ministries, out of pocket healthcare costs, political polarization, Senator Joe Manchin, Senator Kyrsten Sinema, Social Determinants of Health, The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, The sixth extinction, What we owe to future generations, Will MacAskill
August 12, 2022 Dear Interested Readers, What Do We Owe The Future? Future people count. There could be a lot of them. We can make their lives better. That quote is part of Ezra Klein’s introduction to an interview with futurist Will MacAskill...
