by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Dec 25, 2018 | Featured Post, Joy in Practice, Social Gatherings with Colleagues, Stein's Law, team based care, the power of stories, The Triple Aim
I spend a lot of time with my memories. I have very few regrets and an abundance of warm fuzzy moments that come to mind when I reflect on all the mostly rewarding and joyful years that I spent in the practice of medicine. Some of my warmest memories are from the...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Dec 18, 2018 | ACA, Featured Post, Judge O'Connor's threat to the ACA, political polarization, pre existing conditions, Presidential Politics, the Mandate
Since the latest open enrollment period for the ACA ended on December 15, I thought that now would be a good time to review all of the administrative attacks that the Trump administration had made on this much maligned law. It amazes me that a law that has given so...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Dec 14, 2018 | "Wicked Problems" in Healthcare, Costs, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, Social Determinants of Health, Staffing issues in rural healthcare, Sustainability, The Triple Aim
14 December 2014 Dear Interested Readers, Sustainability, a Foundational Concern for Healthcare Late Wednesday afternoon I decided to take a walk, since the hike in the woods that I took with a friend earlier in the day had been more about...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Dec 4, 2018 | ACA, ACO, Bernie Sanders, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, Medicare For All, Public Option
Last Wednesday my wife and I drove down to Boston so that she could do a little holiday shopping with a friend while I saw the nurse practitioner who was going to do my periodic health review and give me a flu shot. Somewhere between New London and Concord on...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Nov 30, 2018 | Activism in Healthcare, Bipartisan Healthcare Process, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, Healthcare as a Right, political polarization
30 November 2018 Dear Interested Readers, Hidden Tribes and the Future of Healthcare Last spring I read The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided By Politics and Religion. It was written by Jonathan Haidt who is a “moral and political”...