by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Dec 24, 2021 | Build Back Better, Children in poverty, Climate Crisis, COVID uncertainty, Equity, Featured Post, Global Warming, Inequality, Joe Biden, Joe Manchin, Omicron variant, Paul Krugman, Poverty and healthcare, Ronald Reagan
December 24, 2021 Dear Interested Readers, Warning: The first section of this letter is at times sarcastic. Its content ranges from overt hostility to whimsical fantasy that attempts to answer the question, “What’s the problem with Joe Manchin?” It fails...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Nov 19, 2021 | Children in poverty, COVID, Economic inequality, Entitlements, Family Health Project, Featured Post, Inequality, Innovation, Joe Biden's aggressive agenda, Joe Knowles, Martin Luther King Jr, Politics and Healthcare, Poverty and healthcare, Ronald Reagan, Social Determinants of Health, The American Families Act, Universal Basic Income
19 November 2021 Dear Interested Readers, Poverty, Children, and the Family Health Project of Joe Knowles Last April in a piece entitled “Moving From Contemplation to Action” I began my introduction to of the Family Health Project which was the idea of...
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...
