by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Sep 13, 2024 | Arlie Russell Hochschild, Featured Post, Francis Peabody and "The Care of the Patient", J.D. Vance, John McCain, Jonathan Haidt, Matthew Desmond, Politics and Healthcare, Repeal and Replace, Social Determinants of Health, Taylor Swift, The 2024 Presidential Election, The Harris-Trump Debate
September 13, 2024 Dear Interested Readers, Reflections On Childless Cat Ladies and Illeagal Immigrants Consuming Pets As 9 PM on Tuesday evening approached, I could feel myself getting more and more tense. There were big questions. Would Vice President...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | May 19, 2023 | A Brief History of the Last One Hundred Years Of Healthcare, ACA, COVID, Crossing the Quality Chasm, debt ceiling, Employer Provided Health Insurance, Featured Post, Matthew Desmond, Politics and Healthcare, Poverty and healthcare, Social Determinants of Health, The Public Option, Universal Access
May 19, 2023 Dear Interested Readers, You Can’t Get There From Here The statement “You can’t get there from here!” was made famous in a brief comedy monologue entitled “Which Way to Millinocket? that was created by the very talented comedy team of...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Mar 17, 2023 | Arlie Russell Hochschild, Biases, Communitarianism, Conservative Values, Economic inequality, Evictions, Featured Post, food Insecurity, Healthcare Outcomes, Housing shortages as a social determinant of health, Inequality, Life Expectancy, Martin Luther King Jr, Matthew Desmond, Poverty and healthcare, Progressive Values, Social Determinants of Health
March 17, 2023 Dear Interested Readers, Desmond Implies that Progressives and Conservatives Share Some Responsibility for Poverty: What Needs to Change to Improve the Social Determinants of Health? Happy Saint Patrick’s Day! Before you drink...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Feb 17, 2023 | 2024 elections, Black History Month, Economic inequality, Featured Post, Governor Ron DeSantis, healthcare disparities, Ibram X. Kendi, Inequality in Healthcare, Kars for Kearsarge, Kearsarge Neighborhood Partners, Linda Villarosa, Matthew Desmond, Nikki Haley, Nikole Hannah-Jones, Racism in America, Senator Mitch McConnell, Slavery's Capitalism, structural racism in medicine, The 1619 Project
February 17, 2023 Dear Interested Readers, Contemplating the Social Determinants of Health During Black History Month It’s February, and that means it is “Black History Month.” As I thought about how important it is for all Americans to recognize the...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Aug 5, 2022 | 2022 midterm elections, ACA, Build Back Better, Consequences of repealing Roe v. Wade, Economic inequality, Emily Benfer, Evictions, Featured Post, Global Warming, healthcare disparities, Housing shortages as a social determinant of health, Kearsarge Neighborhood Partners, Matthew Desmond, Poverty and healthcare, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Senator Joe Manchin, Senator Kyrsten Sinema, Social Determinants of Health, The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, The Triple Aim
August 5, 2022 Dear Interested Readers, Are We Making Any Progress? It’s been a strange week. If you believe in global warming there is circumstantial evidence that sadly you may be right as a continuing drought and high temperatures in the west dry up...
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...
