by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Oct 9, 2020 | 2020 Presidential Debates, ACA, Brett Kavanaugh, Featured Post, Healthcare as a Right, Inequality in Healthcare, Judge Amy Coney Barrett, Sarah Kliff, The 2020 election, The president's personal experience with the coronavirus
October 9, 2020 Dear Interested Readers, Thoughts About Healthcare Now and in the Future While Awaiting the Election Years ago, when I was a Boy Scout, I garnered all the merit badges associated with the waterfront at camp: swimming, canoeing,...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Oct 6, 2020 | 2020 Presidential Debates, Attack on The ACA Through the Courts, Covid-19, Donald Trump's management of COVID-19, Featured Post, Healthcare in Rural America, Inequality in Healthcare, Judge Amy Coney Barrett, President Trump, Presidential Politics, The President's COVID-19 Infection, the uncertainty of ignoring pandemic prudence
A prelude written after reflecting on this this post I doubt that there is any information in this letter that will be news to you. My guess is that everyone who might read this letter is aware of the events and issues that it covers. These days we all...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Sep 22, 2020 | Attacks on Roe v. Wade, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, Healthcare as a Right, Inequality in Healthcare, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Population Health, servant leadership, The 2020 election, The Supreme Court and Healthcare, Trump's to efforts to name a third Supreme Court justice.
The talking heads on the Sunday morning news programs went back and forth between appropriately reviewing and honoring the life of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg, and speculating about the politics of naming her successor. One comment caught my ear...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Sep 18, 2020 | and healthcare, Boston Medical Center, Covid-19, George Floyd, Health Care Policy in the Wake of COVID-19, Inequality in Healthcare, Public Health, Racial Inequality, Racism in America, Social Determinants of Health
September 18, 2020 Dear Interested Readers, Pondering the Message of Caste in the Context of These Times One of the benefits of retirement is the time to participate in book groups and other gatherings of older folks who are still interested in a wider...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Aug 21, 2020 | Bernie Sanders, Black Lives Matter, David Brooks, Elizabeth Warren, Empathy, Featured Post, Hopes in the Future for a Bipartisan Healthcare Process, Inequality in Healthcare, Joe Biden, Martin Luther King Jr, Medicare For All, Public Option, Social Determinants of Health, The Democratic Convention
August 21, 2020 Dear Interested Readers. What A Week! The post on Tuesday reviewed the first night of the Democratic Convention. The high point of the evening was the speech by Michelle Obama. Some of the commentators I heard suggested that it was...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Aug 18, 2020 | Bernie Sanders, Donald Trump's management of COVID-19, Economic Implications of COVID-19, Essential Workers, Featured Post, Health Care Policy in the Wake of COVID-19, Inequality in Healthcare, Michelle Obama, Presidential Politics, The "virtual" Democratic Convention, The 2020 election, The Triple Aim
The political conventions for 2020 began last night. I’ve been watching these events longer than I have been paying attention to the Olympics. I first paid attention to the Olympics in 1956, but do not remember seeing them on TV. I remember watching the 1952...