by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Apr 13, 2021 | a personal testimony, Activism in Healthcare, Atrius Health, Biden's Transformation, Crossing the Quality Chasm, David Brooks, Dialog Across the Divide, Don Berwick, E.J. Dione, Equity, Ezra Klein, Harvard Vanguard Medical, Healthcare equity, Healthcare Quality, Inequality in Healthcare, Joe Biden's aggressive agenda, Social Determinants of Health, Stein's Law, The Triple Aim, transformational change
The “serious” section of Friday’s post was entitled “Preparing For Transformation.” At the end of the post after talking about the transformation that Joe Biden was trying to lead as we emerge from the pandemic I promised that I would be returning to the...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Mar 26, 2021 | ACA, Atrium Health, Economic inequality, Employer Provided Health Insurance, Featured Post, healthcare finance, Healthcare in Rural America, Inequality in Healthcare, Joe Biden's aggressive agenda, Joe Knowles, Medicare For All, out of pocket healthcare costs, Social Determinants of Health, Surprise Medical Bills, The Triple Aim, Waste in healthcare, Zeev Neuwirth
March 26, 2021 Dear Interested Reader, Have We Forgotten That The Cost of Care Is A Problem? I mention the Triple Aim in many of my posts. In my opinion, the best graphic that presents the concept was created by the Institute For Healthcare...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Mar 23, 2021 | 1.9 Trillion Dollar COVID Stimulus Bill, a personal testimony, A Promised Land By Barack Obama, ACA, Arlie Russell Hochschild, Conservative Values, David Brooks, Dialog Across the Divide, Economic inequality, Hopes in the Future for a Bipartisan Healthcare Process, Jonathan Haidt, Marcus Borg, Nicholas Kristof, Polarization in America, Racial Inequality, Richard Rohr, Social Determinants of Health, TARP, the filibuster, the plight of "red state" rural Americans, The Triple Aim
One of the most intriguing challenges of the Trump era for me has been to explain his ability to attract the vigorous and loyal support of the religious right and working-class White voters in red states. What has been a puzzling observation of many liberal and...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Mar 16, 2021 | “The Commonwealth Fund Task Force on Payment and Delivery System Reform:, 1.9 Trillion Dollar COVID Stimulus Bill, ACA, Bipartisan Healthcare Process, Featured Post, Health and Human Services, Medicare For All, rural healthcare, Social Determinants of Health, telehealth, The Public Option, The Triple Aim, Universal Access, Xavier Bacerra, Xavier Becerra
Time flies. It has been almost two months since Joe Biden and Kamala Harris were inaugurated. With each passing day, it becomes harder to imagine that we ever elected Donald Trump as prescient. My health has improved. I get more sleep. During the “Trump...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Mar 12, 2021 | 1.9 Trillion Dollar COVID Stimulus Bill, 9/11, Children in poverty, Donald Trump's management of COVID-19, Featured Post, Inequality, rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine, significance of March 11, Social Determinants of Health, Social Distancing, The Triple Aim
March 12, 2021 Dear Interested Readers, Happy For A Little Relief While Still Looking For An End Of Misery After One Strange Year Most of us remember in vivid detail where we were on 9/11/2001 when we first heard of the planes crashing into the...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Mar 9, 2021 | 1.9 Trillion Dollar COVID Stimulus Bill, Children in poverty, Economic inequality, Employer Provided Health Insurance, Featured Post, Harvard Community Health Plan, Hopes in the Future for a Bipartisan Healthcare Process, Inequality, Inequality in Healthcare, Kearsage Regional Ecumenical Ministries, Kearsarge Neighborhood Partners, Non Zero, Racial Inequality, Social Determinants of Health, The Canadian Experiment With UBI, The Stockton Experiment with UBI, The Triple Aim, Universal Access, Universal Basic Income
The two big news events over the weekend were the Senate’s passage of the 1.9 trillion dollar stimulus bill by a vote of 50-49 and Oprah Winfrey’s interview with Megan and Harry. There may be more similarity in the two events than immediately meets the eye....