by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Aug 14, 2020 | ACA, Build Back Better, Conservative Values, David Brooks, Economic inequality, Education and The Pandemic, Hopes in the Future for a Bipartisan Healthcare Process, Illiberalism, Inequality in Healthcare, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Liberal Values, Medicare For All, Poverty and healthcare, Racism in America, Social Determinants of Health, The Public Option, The Triple Aim
August 14, 2020 Dear Interested Readers, The Next 81 Days Of The Campaign For Better Health Yesterday morning I was up early, about 8AM. My Florida family was trying to get away early on their trip back to Miami. I was not enthusiastic about them...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Aug 11, 2020 | Continuous Improvement, Don Berwick, Donald Trump's management of COVID-19, Economic Implications of COVID-19, Essential Workers, Featured Post, Global Warming, Health and Healthcare, Interdependence, Lewis Thomas, Sister Joan Chittister, Social Determinants of Health, Systemness, The Green New Deal, the president's lies, Zoonosis
In each of the last two posts I have mentioned Paul Batladen’s famous observation about the output of “systems.” Last Tuesday I wrote: The great physician and advocate for continuous improvement, Paul Batalden of Dartmouth, has reminded us frequently...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Aug 7, 2020 | Covid-19, Donald Trump's management of COVID-19, Economic Implications of COVID-19, Health Care Policy in the Wake of COVID-19, Health in America, Healthcare as a Right, Healthcare Policy, Inequality in Healthcare, Social Determinants of Health, Stein's Law, The Public Option
August 7, 2020 Dear Interested Readers, The Pandemic’s Message To Us About Healthcare Policy Earlier this week in a post entitled “The Peril We Face Has Been A Long Time Coming,” I reviewed an excellent article by Ed Jong who writes for The...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Aug 4, 2020 | Blunders on the Way to the Pandemic, Crimson Contagion, Donald Trump's management of COVID-19, Dr. Deborah Birx, Featured Post, Health in America, Public Health, The 2020 elections, The World After COVID-19
I was delighted to see another overview article of our COVID-19 experience by Ed Jong in the September issue of The Atlantic. In my opinion Jong has written an impressive series of articles about the pandemic. You might have noticed that I have quoted from his...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jul 31, 2020 | Build Back Better, David Brooks, Donald Trump's management of COVID-19, Economic Implications of COVID-19, Featured Post, How The Mighty Fall, Moneyball, Personal responses to the challenges of COVID-19, Reopening the economy, Wicked Problems
July 31, 2020 Dear Interested Readers, Who Is Not Dazed, Confused and Disappointed By COVID-19? It’s a “Wicked Problem.” Once upon a time there were sporting events to attend. In that bygone era, the stands at Fenway Park were always alive with people....
