by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Feb 28, 2025 | ACA, Billionaires in Trump's Administration, DEI, Drew Altman, Elon Musk, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, House passage of tax and spending bill, MAGA, Medicaid, Politics and Healthcare, Poverty and healthcare, SNAP, Social Determinants of Health, Speaker Mike Johnson, The Triple Aim
February 28, 2025 Dear Interested Readers, A Reverse Robin Hood? Will Cuts In Benefits For The Poor Finance Tax Cuts For The Rich? Last week I had the revelation that I have a lot of conservative DNA that has been hiding within my desire to...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jan 12, 2024 | "I Have A Dream" speach, A personal history, Alternative Quality Contract, Atrius Health, Featured Post, Global Warming, Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates, I have been to the mountaintop speech, Martin Luther King Jr, Moral Injury, Moral sensibilities in healthcare, Poverty and healthcare, Social Determinants of Health, The LEAD project of Blue Cross
January 12, 2024 Dear Interested Readers, Uncommon Greatness–Remembered Monday, January 15, is the birthday of Dr. King. This is a rare year because the national holiday that honors his contributions to all of humankind falls on his birth date in...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jun 30, 2023 | ACA, COVID, culture wars, diseases of despair, Dobbs v. Jackson, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, Featured Post, George Saunders, Governor Ron DeSantis, Gun Violence, Health Care Policy in the Wake of COVID-19, healthcare disparities, Healthcare Outcomes, Healthcare Quality, Inequality in Healthcare, political polarization, Poverty and healthcare, Social Determinants of Health, The Commonwealth Fund, The threat to women's reproductive rights, Universal Access, woke healthcare
June 30, 2023 Dear Interested Readers, Where Does Your State Rank? Every year The Commonwealth Fund ranks the healthcare in each state. This year’s rankings were published last week on June 22 in an article entitled “2023 Scorecard on State Health...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jun 9, 2023 | Chat GPT, COVID, Featured Post, Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023, Future of Heathcare, improving the delivery of care, Medicaid work requirements, Politics and Healthcare, Poverty and healthcare, Social Determinants of Health, Tax Reform and Healthcare, The Debt Ceiling Crisis
June 9, 2023 Dear Interested Readers, We Avoided A Disaster I was virtually holding my breath until President Biden signed the compromise bill that lifted the debt ceiling until January 2025 which puts it after the next presidential election. It is my...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jun 2, 2023 | Chat GPT, Equity, Featured Post, French Healthcare, Healthcare equity, Politics and Healthcare, Poverty and healthcare, Social Determinants of Health, Universal Access
June 2, 2023 Dear Interested Readers, Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité “Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité” is the motto of France. It speaks to the high ideals of a country that is trying to improve the social determinants of health for everyone. The motto was...
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...