by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Mar 13, 2026 | 2026 mid term elections, ACA market subsidies, Featured Post, healthcare under Trump, Heather Cox Richardson, Nicholas Kristof, Politics and Healthcare, President Eisenhower, Social Determinants of Health, Thomas Friedman, Trump's chaos strategy, War in Iran
March 13, 2026 Dear Interested Readers, How Wisely Is The President Spending Our Resources? About an hour and a half after last week’s letter was published, Michael, a retired physician, good friend, and regular reader, posted the comment: Funny,...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jan 16, 2026 | A personal history, Access to care, Ambar La Forgia, Atrius Health, concierge care, Dartmouth Health, Featured Post, Nicholas Kristof, Optum Health, Politics and Healthcare, Primary Care, private equity purchases in healthcare, Social Determinants of Health, The Corporatization of U.S. Health Care, The Triple Aim, Urgent Care Clinics
January 16, 2026 Dear Interested Readers, Thinking About Today From the Perspective of The Past Throughout my years as a clinician and later as CEO, our practice offered convenient urgent care during regular business hours as well as evenings and...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jan 26, 2024 | 2024 elections, A personal history, Atrius Health, diseases of despair, Dr. Gary Kaplan, Dr. John Toussaint, Dr. Joseph Betancourt, Dr. Patty Gabow, Global Warming, Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates, LEAD, Lean, microsystems, New Hampshire Presidential Primary, Nicholas Kristof, Simpler, Six Sigma, Strategy, The Commonwealth Fund, The LEAD project of Blue Cross, The Triple Aim, TQM, Zeev Neuwirth
January 26, 2024 Dear Interested Readers, Some Recent Articles of Interest Finally, the New Hampshire Presidential Primary is over. I am relieved. Perhaps through the rest of the winter, as well as spring and summer, we will be free from the robocalls...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Oct 27, 2023 | A dysfunctional House, Dr. Paul Solomon, Featured Post, Gun Violence as a Public Health Problem, Harvard Community Health Plan, Lewiston, medical group politics, Moral Injury, Nicholas Kristof, Physician Council of HCHP, Social Determinants of Health, Speaker Mike Johnson, The conflict between Israel and Hamas, The Tax Law of 1986
October 27, 2023 Dear Interested Readers, A Very Bad Week Late Wednesday night I turned off my computer after having written most of the first draft of this letter to you. Most evenings my wife and I watch the local 11 PM news for a summary of the...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Sep 29, 2023 | A story from my life, America's defective social safety net, Balint Groups, Featured Post, Harvard Community Health Plan, Harvard Medical School, Health in America, Nicholas Kristof, Politics and Healthcare, Social Determinants of Health
September 29, 2023 Dear Interested Readers, A Hybrid Letter For several weeks, I have suspended most of my comments about current issues in healthcare, healthcare policy, current politics, and policies that impact our health. In lieu of those usual...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Aug 18, 2023 | A story from my life, ACA, Dr. Claude Welch, Dr. Lyle Micheli, Fani Willis, Featured Post, Global Warming, Harvard Medical School, Maui Fires, medical education, Moral Injury, Nicholas Kristof, Social Determinants of Health, The sixth extinction, The Voting Rights Act of 1965, Trump's Georgia indictment, Trump's lies
August 18, 2023 Dear Interested Readers, A Continuing Story I am continuing “my story” this week although I am very tempted to discuss “issues.” It has been a week that should make us a little nervous as we begin to realize that we may have miscalculated...
