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...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Aug 14, 2020 | ACA, Build Back Better, Conservative Values, David Brooks, Economic inequality, Education and The Pandemic, Hopes in the Future for a Bipartisan Healthcare Process, Illiberalism, Inequality in Healthcare, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Liberal Values, Medicare For All, Poverty and healthcare, Racism in America, Social Determinants of Health, The Public Option, The Triple Aim
August 14, 2020 Dear Interested Readers, The Next 81 Days Of The Campaign For Better Health Yesterday morning I was up early, about 8AM. My Florida family was trying to get away early on their trip back to Miami. I was not enthusiastic about them...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Aug 7, 2020 | Covid-19, Donald Trump's management of COVID-19, Economic Implications of COVID-19, Health Care Policy in the Wake of COVID-19, Health in America, Healthcare as a Right, Healthcare Policy, Inequality in Healthcare, Social Determinants of Health, Stein's Law, The Public Option
August 7, 2020 Dear Interested Readers, The Pandemic’s Message To Us About Healthcare Policy Earlier this week in a post entitled “The Peril We Face Has Been A Long Time Coming,” I reviewed an excellent article by Ed Jong who writes for The...