by Dr. Gene Lindsey | May 29, 2026 | AI in healthcare, democracy versus illiberalism, Diversity Equity Inclusion, Dr. Robert Wachter, Dualism, Empire v. Shalom, Ezra Klein, Featured Post, Kleptocracy, Liberalism, Marina Ovsyannikova, Non Zero, Social Determinants of Health, Universal Access, Workforce Shortages in Healthcare, Yuval Noah Harari
May 29, 2026 Dear Interested Readers Looking Past Policy Failures To Human Nature My letter to you two weeks ago revealed that my wife’s PCP had retired and that the practice was unable to provide her with a new PCP. She had originally been assigned to...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | May 15, 2026 | 2026 mid term elections, Access to care, Andrew Weinstein, Atrius Health, doctor shortage, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, Global Warming, healthcare under Trump, Politics and Healthcare, Social Determinants of Health, What we have with President Trump, workforce issues
May 15, 2026 Dear Interested Readers, A Sunnami of Change My wife spends a lot of time on social media. While scrolling through Instagram this week, she came across a quote from Andrew Weinstein that sums up the disgust so many of us feel as we...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Mar 27, 2026 | Corporatization of U.S. Healthcare, Crossing the Quality Chasm, David Brooks, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, healthcare for the rural and urban poor, hospital closings in rural America, Iran War, Jamelle Bouie, narcissistic sociopath, New England Journal of Medicine, Politics and Healthcare, President Trump, private equity purchases in healthcare, Social Determinants of Health, Steward Health Care, The future of healthcare under Trump, The Triple Aim, VUCA
March 27, 2026 Dear Interested Readers, Private Equity in Healthcare Is the Wrong Road to High-Quality, Universal, Equitable, Affordable, and Sustainable Healthcare. I must remind myself every week that the intended purpose of this weekly letter is to...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Mar 20, 2026 | 2026 mid term elections, a personal testimony, A. E. Housman, ACA market subsidies, Crossing the Quality Chasm, Don Berwick, Dr. Robert Ebert, Featured Post, Fee for service payment, Harvard Community Health Plan, Iran War, Peter Baker, Social Determinants of Health, The Triple Aim, Trump's anger
March 20, 2026 Dear Interested Readers, Healthcare In The Midst of the President’s Chaos and Anger As a White House correspondent for the New York Times since 2008, and for 20 years before that for the Washington Post, Peter Baker has been a close...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Mar 13, 2026 | 2026 mid term elections, ACA market subsidies, Featured Post, healthcare under Trump, Heather Cox Richardson, Nicholas Kristof, Politics and Healthcare, President Eisenhower, Social Determinants of Health, Thomas Friedman, Trump's chaos strategy, War in Iran
March 13, 2026 Dear Interested Readers, How Wisely Is The President Spending Our Resources? About an hour and a half after last week’s letter was published, Michael, a retired physician, good friend, and regular reader, posted the comment: Funny,...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Mar 6, 2026 | 2026 mid term elections, Child Tax Credit, Family Health Project, Featured Post, Iran War, Kearsarge Neighborhood Partners, Kearsarge Regional Ecumenical Ministries, One Big Beautiful Bill-OBBB, Pete Hegseth, SNAP, Social Determinants of Health, Universal Basic Income
March 6, 2026 Dear Interested Readers, I’m Trying To Look Beyond A Tough Week for the World I am sure that I was not the only person who was dismayed on awakening Saturday morning. As I strapped on my iWatch, which is usually one of the first things I do...
