by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Sep 11, 2026 | A personal history, access issues for those with access, Crossing the Quality Chasm, Dartmouth Health, Don Berwick, Featured Post, Gloria Steinem, Healthcare in Rural America, my wife's CVA, New London Hospital, patient centered care, Remembering 9/11, Staffing issues in rural healthcare, Timeliness as a component of quality
September 11, 2026 Dear Interested Readers, Could It Be 25 Years? And Other Questions and Observations If you were born before 1990, you can probably remember 9/11/2001 with more detail than you can remember the Fourth of July this year. My understanding...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Sep 4, 2026 | 2026 midterm elections, Cheatocracy, Cryptocracy, Featured Post, Frederick Buechner, Jamelle Bouie, Kakistocracy, Kleptocracy, Listening to Your Life, Project 2025, Representative Democracy, the president's lies, Theocracy
September 4, 2026 Dear Interested Readers, We Are Suffering From A Multitude of Dangerous “Ocracies” With a Common Origin If you like to play Scrabble, don’t try to use “ocracies” as a word because it is not in any dictionary. I should begin by saying...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Aug 28, 2026 | 2026 midterm elections, Access to care, Barriers to benefits, cost of healthcare, Donald Trump, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, Healthcare as a Right, Healthcare equity, MAGA, Medicaid, Medicaid work requirements, One Big Beautiful Bill-OBBB, Paul Krugman, Pete Buttigieg, Politics and Healthcare, Professor Heather Cox Richardson, Republican efforts to limit voting rights, rural healthcare, SNAP
August 28, 2026 Dear Interested Readers, Are Advocates For Better Healthcare Part of an Effective Majority? There are about nine weeks until the crucial 2026 midterm elections on November 3rd. If you want to know the exact number of weeks, days, and...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Aug 21, 2026 | 2026 midterm elections, 2028 elections, ACA, costs versus charges, Don Berwick, Dr. Paul Manganiello, Featured Post, Fee for service payment, Medicare "buy in", Medicare For All, Paul Krugman, The Public Option, Time-Determined Activity-Based Costing, Value Based Reimbursement
August 21, 2026 Dear Interested Readers, The Cost of Healthcare as a Political Issue Healthcare has been a political issue for over a century. In some elections, such as the 2008 election, it was a prominent issue. In 2024, healthcare was not a top...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Aug 14, 2026 | ACA, Access to care, cost of healthcare, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, Healthcare affordability, Healthcare as a Right, Healthcare Outcomes, Healthcare Quality, Implicit Bias, Medicaid, Politics and Healthcare, rural healthcare, Social Determinants of Health, state healthcare rankings
August 14, 2026 Dear Interested Readers, Looking at the Worst and the Best States For Healthcare When I was in practice, my office mailbox was flooded with “throwaway” medical journals such as “Hospital Practice” and “Medical Economics.” It was pretty...
