by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Sep 27, 2024 | A personal history, ChatGPT, Dr. Eric Reinhardt, Dr. Steven Schroeder, Dr.Zeev Neuwirth, Featured Post, Improving the health of the poor, Kearsage Regional Ecumenical Ministries, Kearsarge Neighborhood Partners, Martin Luther King Jr, political determinants of health, Social Determinants of Health, Structural Determinants of Health, The 2024 Presidential Election, The Triple Aim
September 27, 2024 Dear Interested Readers, Exploring The Structural Determinants of Health When I became a healthcare CEO in February 2008, I was more focused on what happened within our organization and our relationships with our affiliated hospitals...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Dec 23, 2022 | a personal testimony, A story from my life, Economic inequality, Equity, Featured Post, Healthcare Outcomes, Homelessness and Health, Housing shortages as a social determinant of health, Inequality in Healthcare, Joe Biden's housing initiative, Kearsage Regional Ecumenical Ministries, Kearsarge Neighborhood Partners, Politics and Healthcare, Poverty and healthcare, President Volodymyr Zelensky’, Social Determinants of Health, thin places, workforce issues
December 23, 2022 Dear Interested Readers, Thinking of the Homeless at Christmas In 1943 Bing Crosby recorded “I’ll Be Home For Christmas” and it was a number-one hit on the charts. To listeners in 1943, the song was sung from the perspective of a...
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...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jun 24, 2022 | 2022 midterm elections, 2024 elections, ACA, Attack on The ACA Through the Courts, Donald Trump's Reluctance to accept the outcome of the election, Economic inequality, Featured Post, Global Warming, Gun Violence, healthcare disparities, Healthcare equity, Hearings of House Committee on January 6, Inequality in Healthcare, Inflation, Kars for Kearsarge, Kearsage Regional Ecumenical Ministries, Kearsarge Neighborhood Partners, out of pocket healthcare costs, Poverty and healthcare, Roe v. Wade is overturned, Social Determinants of Health, The impact of a conservative majority on the Supreme Court
June 24, 2022 Dear Interested Readers, Slip Slidin’ Away From time to time since election night in November 2016, I have found myself humming the melody of Paul Simon’s 1977 hit, “Slip Slidin’ Away” while the words pass through my mind. The fourth verse...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Apr 22, 2022 | A story from my life, American exceptionalism, Azovstal steel factory, Bret Stephens, Conservative Values, Contoocook Carry Community Fund, COVID, Dartmouth Hitchcock Health, Featured Post, Improving the health of the poor, Inequality in Healthcare, Kearsage Regional Ecumenical Ministries, Marine LePen, Mariupol, Putin's Invasion of Ukraine, Remember the Alamo, rural healthcare, Social Determinants of Health, The Triple Aim
April 22, 2022 Dear Interested Readers, Remember the Alamo! Remember Azvostal! Remember The Triple Aim! I became an enthusiastic student of history in the seventh grade. By the eighth grade, I received the DAR medal for being the best student in American...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jan 14, 2022 | 2022 midterm elections, Build Back Better, COVID, Dr. George Thorn, Economic inequality, Ezra Klein, Featured Post, January 6 attack on the Capitol, Joe Manchin, Kars for Kearsarge, Kearsage Regional Ecumenical Ministries, Kearsarge Neighborhood Partners, Martin Luther King Jr, Polarization in America, political identity, Politics and Healthcare, Republican efforts to limit voting rights, Senator Kyrsten Sinema, Social Determinants of Health, The John R Lewis Voting Rights Act, voter rights, Why We Are Polarized
January 14, 2022 Dear Interested Readers: Improving The Social Determinants of Health Near Home While out for a walk this week I was delighted to be listening to a podcast from Ezra Klein who now is a fixture at the New York Times but had been...
