by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jul 1, 2022 | 2022 midterm elections, ARPA, Boston Medical Center, CARES Act, Collective Action Problems, COVID stress on hospital resources, Dartmouth Hitchcock Health, David Blumenthal, diseases of despair, doctor shortage, Featured Post, Fee for service payment, Guthrie Health, Health Care Policy in the Wake of COVID-19, healthcare for the rural and urban poor, Medicare For All, out of pocket healthcare costs, Polarization in America, Social Determinants of Health, The impact of a conservative majority on the Supreme Court, the plight of "red state" rural Americans, The Triple Aim, Workforce Shortages in Healthcare
July 1, 2022 Dear Interested Readers, Does Healthcare Improvement Still Have A Chance To Get Any Attention? It seems like a long time since I have heard or read much about Medicare For All or any other proposal to expand coverage to the ten percent of...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jun 24, 2022 | 2022 midterm elections, 2024 elections, ACA, Attack on The ACA Through the Courts, Donald Trump's Reluctance to accept the outcome of the election, Economic inequality, Featured Post, Global Warming, Gun Violence, healthcare disparities, Healthcare equity, Hearings of House Committee on January 6, Inequality in Healthcare, Inflation, Kars for Kearsarge, Kearsage Regional Ecumenical Ministries, Kearsarge Neighborhood Partners, out of pocket healthcare costs, Poverty and healthcare, Roe v. Wade is overturned, Social Determinants of Health, The impact of a conservative majority on the Supreme Court
June 24, 2022 Dear Interested Readers, Slip Slidin’ Away From time to time since election night in November 2016, I have found myself humming the melody of Paul Simon’s 1977 hit, “Slip Slidin’ Away” while the words pass through my mind. The fourth verse...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jun 17, 2022 | antiracism, Biases, Consequences of repealing Roe v. Wade, COVID, Donald Trump's Reluctance to accept the outcome of the election, Equity, Featured Post, George Saunders, Global Warming, Gun Violence as a Public Health Problem, healthcare disparities, Hearings of House Committee on January 6, Ibram X. Kendi, Inequality in Healthcare, January 6 attack on the Capitol, Juneteenth, Linda Villarosa, Martin Luther King Jr, Mass shootings as an epidemic, Public Health, Putin's Invasion of Ukraine, Racism in America, Roe v. Wade, Social Determinants of Health, structural racism in medicine, The 1619 Project
June 17, 2022 Dear Interested Readers, Thinking About About Race And Healthcare Disparities A good friend here in New London was a successful Hollywood screenwriter. In retirement, he enjoys substitute teaching at our local middle school where he also...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jun 3, 2022 | Biden's Advocacy For Gun Control Legislation, Critical Race Theory, David Brooks, diseases of despair, Dr. Steven Schroeder, Economic inequality, Featured Post, Global Warming, Gun Violence as a Public Health Problem, Healthcare equity, Life Expectancy, Martin Luther King Jr, Poverty and healthcare, Robert Potter, Social Determinants of Health, Southern Baptist sex abuse scandal
June 3, 2022 Dear Interested Readers, More Problems Than Power In The Search For Solutions In A Divided Land In 2007, a few months before I became the CEO of Atrius Health and Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates, Dr. Steven Schroeder’s “Shattuck Lecture”...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | May 13, 2022 | 1968, 2022 midterm elections, Attacks on Roe v. Wade, Black Power, COVID, Economic inequality, Eric Holder, Featured Post, healthcare disparities, Martin Luther King Jr, Poverty, Putin's Invasion of Ukraine, Republican efforts to limit voting rights, Social Determinants of Health, The threat to women's reproductive rights, The Voting Rights Act of 1965
May 13, 2022 Dear Interested Readers, How Hope Can Endure In Difficult Times If you were a young African American in the early sixties, you were in the midst of a noble struggle meant to free you from the difficulties and disrespect that your parents and...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | May 6, 2022 | Attacks on Roe v. Wade, Biden's American Families Plan, Brett Kavanaugh, Children in poverty, Consequences of repealing Roe v. Wade, COVID, Economic inequality, healthcare disparities, January 6 attack on the Capitol, Jill Lepore, Justice Barrett, Justice Gorsuch, Martin Luther King Jr, Merrick Garland, Poverty and healthcare, Putin's Invasion of Ukraine, Sister Joan Chittister, Social Determinants of Health, The impact of a conservative majority on the Supreme Court
May 6, 2022 Dear interested Readers, Surprised and Disappointed Again in Strange Times It’s been another tough week in Ukraine, especially in Mariupol, and not so pleasant here. It has been a week with at least one huge surprise. I can remember halcyon...
