by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Feb 4, 2022 | a personal testimony, COVID uncertainty, Dr. George Vaillant, Dr. Paul Batalden, E. Stanley Jones, Equity, Featured Post, Health in America, Inequality in Healthcare, Mark Twain's wisdom, Martin Luther King Jr, Medical Quality, Rainer Maria Rilke, The Triple Aim, VUCA, Workforce Shortages in Healthcare
February 4, 2022 Dear Interested Readers, Maintaining Perspective While Living with Uncertainty Most Monday mornings at 9 AM I click on a Zoom link and join a conversation with five of my friends. We are all “mostly retired.” One participant is a...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jan 21, 2022 | Build Back Better, COVID, Dialog Across the Divide, Economic inequality, Featured Post, Garrison Keillor, Health and Healthcare, healthcare disparities, Joe Manchin, Martin Luther King Jr, Omicron variant, Polarization in America, Social Determinants of Health, the filibuster, voter rights
January 21, 2022 Dear Interested Readers, A Week That Generated Much Concern Was it not ironic that just four days after Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s actual birthday, and two days after this year’s celebration of his life, the Senate slammed the door on...
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...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Nov 19, 2021 | Children in poverty, COVID, Economic inequality, Entitlements, Family Health Project, Featured Post, Inequality, Innovation, Joe Biden's aggressive agenda, Joe Knowles, Martin Luther King Jr, Politics and Healthcare, Poverty and healthcare, Ronald Reagan, Social Determinants of Health, The American Families Act, Universal Basic Income
19 November 2021 Dear Interested Readers, Poverty, Children, and the Family Health Project of Joe Knowles Last April in a piece entitled “Moving From Contemplation to Action” I began my introduction to of the Family Health Project which was the idea of...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Nov 12, 2021 | Build Back Better, Children in poverty, Economic inequality, Featured Post, Former Senator Max Cleland, Health in America, healthcare disparities, Healthcare equity, Joe Biden, Kearsarge Neighborhood Partners, Martin Luther King Jr, Paul Krugman, Professor Heather Cox Richardson, Ray Suarez, The Triple Aim, Veterans Day
November 12, 2021 Dear Interested Readers, Veterans Day and Our Social Programs Last week I introduced you to the podcast, Going for Broke, which is hosted by former NPR broadcaster Ray Suarez and produced by a collaboration between The Nation and the...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Sep 10, 2021 | 9/11, Crossing the Quality Chasm, Featured Post, Health Care Policy in the Wake of COVID-19, Honoring Caregivers in the Fight Against COVID-19, Kearsarge Neighborhood Partners, Martin Luther King Jr, Skepticism about the COVID-19 Vaccine, The Good Samaritan, The Triple Aim, We have neglected the importance of public health.
September 10, 2021 Dear Interested Readers, 9/11 and 2001 Remembered and Reflections I was deeply moved by a casual statement made by a news commentator about how young the thirteen soldiers were who were killed by the ISIS terrorist bomber who blew...