by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Oct 8, 2021 | Critical Race Theory, Dean Robert Ebert, Economic inequality, Featured Post, healthcare disparities, healthcare for the rural and urban poor, Inequality in Healthcare, Matthew Desmond, Population Health Management, Poverty and healthcare, Public Health, Racism in America, racist policy v. racism, Slavery's Capitalism, Social Determinants of Health, The 1619 Project
October 8, 2021 Dear Interested Readers, Reflections on Failed Good Intentions And Inequality My fiftieth-anniversary medical school reunion was this past June. COVID turned it into an online event. I understood the necessity, but it was a disappointment...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Oct 1, 2021 | ACA, antiracism, Arlie Russell Hochschild, culture wars, diseases of despair, Dr. Jonathan Metzl, Dying of Whiteness, Economic inequality, Featured Post, Healthcare equity, Ibram X.Kendi, Inequality in Healthcare, Joe Biden's aggressive agenda, Polarization in America, Public Health, racist policy v. racism, Social Determinants of Health, the filibuster, The Triple Aim, Thomas Frank, Universal Access
October 1, 2021 Dear Interested Readers, Why Do We Make Choices That Don’t Promote Our Wellbeing? The news is full of the manifestations of our national uncertainties and deep divisions. At this moment Congress is engaged in a great debate about the...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Sep 17, 2021 | ACA, Continuous Improvement, Costs, Employer Provided Health Insurance, Featured Post, Global Warming, Health in America, Healthcare equity, Inequality in Healthcare, Medicare For All, out of pocket healthcare costs, Poverty and healthcare, Public Health, Public Option, Universal Access
September 17, 2021 Dear Interested Readers, Why Is Universal Healthcare Coverage Such an Elusive Goal? This week’s New England Journal of Medicine has two thought-provoking articles in its “Perspectives” section. The first article is “State Public Option...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Sep 3, 2021 | Attacks on Roe v. Wade, Atul Gawande, Costa Rica's remarkable healthcare system, Dr. Robert Ebert, Featured Post, Harvard Community Health Plan, healthcare disparities, Inequality in Healthcare, maternal and infant mortality, Public Health, Social Determinants of Health, The impact of a conservative majority on the Supreme Court, The Triple Aim, We have neglected the importance of public health.
September 3, 2021 Dear Interested Readers, Gawande Delivers Again I have my healthcare heroes. Most of them like Robert Pearl, Elisabeth Rosenthal, and Zeke Emanuel, I don’t know personally. I just know and appreciate their articles, editorials,...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Aug 27, 2021 | antiracism, Biases, Equity, Featured Post, Harvard Medical School, healthcare disparities, Healthcare equity, Ibram X. Kendi, Inequality in Healthcare, intersectionality, Racism in America, Social Determinants of Health, structural racism in medicine, The American Families Act, W. E. B. Du Bois
August 27, 2021 Dear Interested Readers, Structural Racism In Medicine On Monday I found the August 26 edition of The New England Journal in my mail. As usual, I read the table of contents while standing in the post office in front of my mailbox....
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Aug 6, 2021 | antiracism, Climate Crisis, Critical Race Theory, Economic inequality, Featured Post, healthcare disparitiies, Heather McGhee, Ibram X.Kendi, Inequality in Healthcare, Poverty, Racism in America, racist policy v. racism, The Triple Aim
August 6, 2021 Dear Interested Readers, Why I Have Been Writing About Race, Inequality, and Climate Change As I look back over the last thirteen years that I have been writing these Friday letters to you I realize that there has been quite a...
