by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Oct 30, 2026 | 2026 midterm elections, a "blue wave"?, Access to care, affordability, compromised trauma care at Dartmouth, DEI, Drew Altman, Featured Post, impact of chronic disease on healthcare costs, One Big Beautiful Bill-OBBB, Politics and Healthcare, post election fears, rural healthcare, Social Determinants of Health, Trump's cruelty
October 30, 2026 Dear Interested Readers, The Wait Is Almost Over Dear reader, if you are tired of reading about my anxieties for the future of healthcare in the run-up to the midterm elections, I apologize. I must admit that, despite most political...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Oct 23, 2026 | 2026 midterm elections, affordability, Christian Nationalism, Diversity Equity Inclusion, Empathy, Featured Post, Jennifer Rubin, Kleptocracy, MAGA, One Big Beautiful Bill-OBBB, Paul Krugman, Republican billionaire megadonors, Social Determinants of Health, Trump's undermining of healthcare
October 23, 2026 Dear Interested Readers, Millions Lose Healthcare Coverage; Millions More Are Underinsured: Do we suffer from a national decline in empathy as a partial explanation for the deterioration of the Social Determinants of Health? It is eleven...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Sep 25, 2026 | 2026 midterm elections, A personal history, aging and mortality, amyloidosis, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, misleading campaign ads, my wife's CVA, One Big Beautiful Bill-OBBB, Politics and Healthcare, Republican efforts to limit voting rights, Rick Pildes, Sarah Isgur
September 25, 2026 Dear Interested Readers, Election Anxieties and Other Issues of Interest It’s less than six weeks until the midterm elections, and I am getting very nervous. The surprise of 2016 was a trauma from which I have never completely...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Sep 18, 2026 | 2026 midterm elections, A personal history, access issues for those with access, Dartmouth Health, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, Healthcare Quality, Moral Injury, my wife's CVA, One Big Beautiful Bill-OBBB, Timeliness as a component of quality, Workforce Shortages in Healthcare
September 18, 2026 Dear Interested Readers, Unraveling Quality This week, as usual, I avoided watching the Emmy Awards extravaganza on television. I don’t exactly know why I don’t enjoy watching all the self-congratulatory entertainment awards ceremonies...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Aug 28, 2026 | 2026 midterm elections, Access to care, Barriers to benefits, cost of healthcare, Donald Trump, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, Healthcare as a Right, Healthcare equity, MAGA, Medicaid, Medicaid work requirements, One Big Beautiful Bill-OBBB, Paul Krugman, Pete Buttigieg, Politics and Healthcare, Professor Heather Cox Richardson, Republican efforts to limit voting rights, rural healthcare, SNAP
August 28, 2026 Dear Interested Readers, Are Advocates For Better Healthcare Part of an Effective Majority? There are about nine weeks until the crucial 2026 midterm elections on November 3rd. If you want to know the exact number of weeks, days, and...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Aug 7, 2026 | 2026 mid term elections, 60th anniversary of Medicare and Medicaid, Christopher Koller, Featured Post, Frederick Buechner, Healthcare affordability, Healthcare equity, Listening to Your Life, MAGA, Medicaid, Medicare, One Big Beautiful Bill-OBBB, Politics and Healthcare, Professor Heather Cox Richardson, social services safety net, Trump's undermining of healthcare, Universal Access
August 7, 2026 Dear Interested Readers, Looking Back With Appreciation For What Has Been Accomplished, and Looking Forward With Concerns After I had “put down my pen” on last week’s letter, I read Heather Cox Richardson’s Substack post for July...
