by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jan 17, 2025 | "concepts of a plan", Abortion, ACA, Access, American Oligarchs, amyloidosis, Billionaires in Trump's Administration, ChatGPT, Diversity Equity Inclusion, Dr. Joseph Betancourt, Economic inequality, Featured Post, Global Warming, Healthcare equity, Healthcare Quality, healthcare under Trump, insurance denials, MAGA, Martin Luther King Jr, R.F.K., Social Determinants of Health, The Commonwealth Fund, The future of healthcare under Trump, The Triple Aim, Trump's Cabinet Appointments, Willem Lange
January 17, 2025 Dear Interested Readers, It’s a New Year, a New Government, and a Very New Day Coming The New Year is slowly building some momentum. As there is increasing certainty about who will populate the Trump cabinet, we will have more clarity...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jan 10, 2025 | A dysfunctional House, Budget Reconciliation, Carter's Crisis of Confidence speech, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, Healthcare equity, Jimmy Carter, Jimmy Csrter's funeral, Making America Great Again, Politics and Healthcare, Project 2025, Social Determinants of Health, The Triple Aim, Trump's campaign statements, Trump's felony conviction in New York
January 10, 2025 Dear Interested Readers, Opposites and Uncertainties Late Tuesday afternoon, I was doing my home PT program when my wife turned on the local evening news and we discovered the television presentation of Jimmy Carter’s casket being...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jan 3, 2025 | A personal history, Carter's Camp David Peace Accords, Carter's Efforts To Expand Healthcare Access, Featured Post, Jimmy Carter, Mental Health Systems Act of 1980, Morning in America, Ronald Reagan, Rosalynn Carter, Social Determinants of Health, Social Security Disability under Reagan, Southern Baptists, Ted Kennedy, Why Not the Best?
January 3, 2025 Dear Interested Readers, My Jimmy Carter Musings In the very early spring of 1976, I decided to take a short trip to Bermuda. After the stress of my first year in practice, which followed all the stresses of my medical school years,...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Dec 27, 2024 | Charles Handy, Equity, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, Healthcare equity, healthcare under Trump, Hope, Inequality in Healthcare, Lean, MAGA, patient centered care, Politics and Healthcare, Quality, Robert Kennedy Jr., Social Determinants of Health, Strategy Formation, The Triple Aim, Trump's nominees for high administrative offices
December 27, 2024 Dear Interested Readers, Strategy Formation Looking Forward If you read my post from last week, written in response to Charles Handy’s death, you might remember the comment about how Handy contended that almost everyone has a...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Dec 20, 2024 | A personal history, burnout and professional fulfillment, Charles Handy, Creative Destruction, discontinuous change, Disruptive Innovation, Featured Post, healthcare under Trump, Lean, Moral Injury, Moral sensibilities in healthcare, The Triple Aim
December 20, 2024 Dear Interested Readers, Advice From A Recently Departed Compassionate Guru Last Sunday, I was enjoying a slow day. I was sitting by the fireplace in my living room, which you can see in today’s header when I received a text from Marci...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Dec 13, 2024 | "concepts of a plan", 2028 elections, ACA, Billionaires in Trump's Administration, Brian Thompson, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, Hope, Kristen Welker, MAGA, Paul Krugman, Politics and Healthcare, Project 2025, Robert Kennedy Jr., Social Determinants of Health, Trump's plans for radical changes
December 13, 2024 Dear Interested Readers, Bracing For The Worst While Clinging To Hope We have endured a very bizarre month since the election. The only good thing about it is that time feels like it is moving very fast. One month down and only...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Dec 6, 2024 | A story from my life, ACA, Continuous Improvement, Dartmouth Health, Featured Post, Healthcare equity, Hope, Inequality in Healthcare, Life Expectancy, mandate of hope, Polarization in America, political determinants of health, Politics and Healthcare, Progressive Values, Project 2025, Robert Kennedy Jr., Saving Democracy, Social Determinants of Health, The future of healthcare under Trump, The Triple Aim, Travel Nurses, Trump's cabinet selections, Trump's campaign statements
December 6, 2024 Dear Interested Readers, Thinking About Healthcare During A Season of Hope, Peace, Joy, and Love In Conflict With Disappointment, Conflict and Fear My lake is frozen. There is snow on the ground. The sky is clear. There is abundant...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Nov 29, 2024 | Conservative Values, Donald Trump, Featured Post, Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance, J.D. Vance, MAGA, Political "norms", Politics and Healthcare, Robert Kennedy Jr., Sean Illing, Social Determinants of Health, The 2024 Presidential Election, The Gray Area, The Triple Aim, Trump's Cabinet Appointments, Trump's cabinet selections, Trump's plans for radical changes, Zach Beauchamp
November 29, 2024 Dear Interested Readers, Anxious Times. Can It Get Weirder? Can a candidate claim a landside if they got less than fifty percent of the vote? Can you say you have a mandate if your raw vote margin was smaller than any popular vote...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Nov 22, 2024 | a personal testimony, ACA, Activism in Healthcare, Anne Applebaum, Chat GPT, Dr. Oz, Ezra Klein, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, Inequality in Healthcare, Politics and Healthcare, Project 2025, Robert Kennedy Jr., Social Determinants of Health, Speaker Mike Johnson, The Triple Aim, Trump's Cabinet Appointments
November 22, 2024 Dear Interested Readers, To Survive the Next Four Years, Think Globally and Act Locally I am tired of reading about the election. I have been both entertained and horrified by President-elect Trump’s announcements of the people that he...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Nov 15, 2024 | ACA, AI in healthcare, America's defective social safety net, ChatGPT, doctor shortage, Dr. David Blumenthal, Dr. Joseph Betancourt, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, Health and Human Services, Matt Gaetz, New England Journal of Medicine, Pete Hegseth, Project 2025, Robert Kennedy Jr., Social Determinants of Health, The 2024 Presidential Election, The Commonwealth Fund, the economy and inflation, The future of healthcare under Trump, The Triple Aim, Trump's Cabinet Appointments
November 15, 202 Dear Interested Readers, What Happens Next? I would like to move on from writing about politics, but I can’t deny the impact of politics on the future of our healthcare. The shock, awe, and pain for me of the reelection of Donald Trump have...
