by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Nov 5, 2021 | 2022 midterm elections, Ageism, Biases, COVID, Critical Race Theory, culture wars, Economic inequality, Featured Post, Gun Violence as a Public Health Problem, healthcare disparities, Joe Biden, Maid by Stephanie Land, Opioid Epidemic, Polarization in America, Politics and Healthcare, Poverty and healthcare, Progressive Values, Racism in America, Ray Suarez, Social Determinants of Health, Virginia race for governor
November 5, 2021 Dear Interested Readers, Have You Ever Been Broke? The newspapers are pointing out what a difference a year makes. According to the speculations in an article by Jonathan Martin and Alexander Burns published in the New York Times on...
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...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Sep 17, 2021 | ACA, Continuous Improvement, Costs, Employer Provided Health Insurance, Featured Post, Global Warming, Health in America, Healthcare equity, Inequality in Healthcare, Medicare For All, out of pocket healthcare costs, Poverty and healthcare, Public Health, Public Option, Universal Access
September 17, 2021 Dear Interested Readers, Why Is Universal Healthcare Coverage Such an Elusive Goal? This week’s New England Journal of Medicine has two thought-provoking articles in its “Perspectives” section. The first article is “State Public Option...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | May 21, 2021 | 2020 Presidential Debates, ACA, Adaptive Change, Economic inequality, Elizabeth Warren, Emerging from the pandemic, Featured Post, Health Care Policy in the Wake of COVID-19, Inequality, Kearsarge Neighborhood Partners, Medicare For All, Persist by Elizabeth Warren, Poverty and healthcare, Progressive Values, Social Determinants of Health, The Public Option, The Triple Aim, The World After COVID-19, Universal Access
May 21, 2021 Dear Interested Readers, Getting Reoriented I was surprised and delighted last Friday when Amazon delivered Elizabeth Warren’s new book, Persist, two days before its official publication date. I was eager to read what she had to say...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | May 11, 2021 | Children in poverty, Climate Crisis, Economic Implications of COVID-19, Economic inequality, Elizabeth Warren, Ezra Klein, Future of Heathcare, Global Warming, healthcare disparities, Housing shortages as a social determinant of health, Inequality, Persist by Elizabeth Warren, Poverty and healthcare, Social Determinants of Health, the filibuster, The Triple Aim
Before I retired, especially after Atrius became involved with CMMI’s Pioneer ACO project, I made frequent trips to Washington. The Washington shuttle from Boston was always packed with people who looked like they were involved with very important business. It...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | May 4, 2021 | Authoritarianism, Biden's Transformation, Climate Crisis, Economic inequality, Essential Workers, Featured Post, healthcare disparities, Inequality in Healthcare, political polarization, Politics and Healthcare, Poverty and healthcare, Quadruple Aim, Racism in America, Social Determinants of Health, The Triple Aim, Wicked Problems
I have a confession. For some time I have had the suspicion that the idea of the Triple Aim does not effectively call many of us or our institutions to immediate action. I hear an occasional doctor or administrator talk about the “Quadruple Aim” and that makes...
