by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Aug 20, 2019 | Bernie Sanders, Employer Provided Health Insurance, Featured Post, Healthcare Policy, Medicare Advantage, Medicare For All, Medicare For All Who Want It, Overton's Window, Presidential Politics
I admit to having groupie tendencies and team loyalties. The liability of being committed to a favorite entertainer, author, philosophy, religion, type of music, or team is that each is bound to have its problems, inconsistencies, or failures and then those...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jul 26, 2019 | ACA, Conservative Values, Illiberalism, John McCain, Liberal Values, Presidential Politics, Repeal and Replace, Robert Mueller's Testimony, Social Determinants of Health, The Mueller Investigation, The Triple Aim
26 July 2019 Dear Interested Readers, The Movie Got Mixed Reviews. I Think I Will Read the Book. Being retired has its benefits and its liabilities. Since I did not have to go to work on Wednesday, or on any day, I was able to invest the whole day listening to...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jul 16, 2019 | A personal history of social change, Apollo 11, Presidential Politics, the difficulties of change, The Triple Aim, Title IX, Women's World Cup Soccer Championships
Sometimes when my mind is wandering around with no particular place to go I like to think about all the things that have changed in my lifetime. For example, our first telephone number that I can remember was just three digits. My grandmother was on a “party line”...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Apr 9, 2019 | Doris Kearns Goodwin, Economic inequality, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, Healthcare Transformation, Inequality, Leadership, Lean, political polarization, Presidential Politics, The 2020 elections, The Triple Aim
I have been enjoying a leisurely stroll through Leadership In Turbulent Times by Doris Kearns Goodwin. You might think that my fascination with the book is that it is a character study and analysis of performance of four accomplished presidents that draws attention to...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Apr 2, 2019 | ACA, AHCA, Attack on The ACA Through the Courts, Mick Mulvaney, Presidential Politics, The Triple Aim
I am one of the nine to ten million Americans who watch the Sunday morning political programs where there is always a talking head from the administration trying to put a spin of coherence on the most recent gaff or nonsensical tweet of the president. A recent...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Mar 29, 2019 | ACA, Judge O'Connor's threat to the ACA, Medicare For All, Presidential Politics, the Mandate, The Mueller Investigation
29 March 2019 Dear Interested Readers, The Next Act In The Continuing ACA Horror Show: “The Republican Party Will Soon Be Known As The Party Of Healthcare.” Really? Last Friday Robert Mueller finished his investigation of possible collusion...