by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Apr 2, 2019 | ACA, AHCA, Attack on The ACA Through the Courts, Mick Mulvaney, Presidential Politics, The Triple Aim
I am one of the nine to ten million Americans who watch the Sunday morning political programs where there is always a talking head from the administration trying to put a spin of coherence on the most recent gaff or nonsensical tweet of the president. A recent...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Mar 22, 2019 | Artificial Intelligence (AI), burnout and professional fulfillment, Economic inequality, Featured Post, Healthcare Policy, Innovation, Moral Injury, Payment Models, Population Health, Quadruple Aim, Social Determinants of Health, The Triple Aim, Watson
22 March 2019 Dear Interested Readers, Musing With Friends About Healthcare This week’s letter lives up to the title of “Healthcare Musings.” The dictionary says that musings are periods of reflection or thought. I would add that when I am...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Mar 12, 2019 | Community Needs Assessments, Future of Heathcare, Healthcare in Rural America, hospital closings in rural America, Population Health Management, Poverty and healthcare, The Triple Aim
In healthcare there is disappointing truth in the old saw, “The more things change, the more they remain the same.” It is paradoxically true that things are changing all the time. I observe that it is often true that in reference to a particular subject or problem...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Mar 8, 2019 | capitation, Dean Robert Ebert, Featured Post, Fee for service payment, Future of Heathcare, healthcare finance, Medicare For All, The Triple Aim
8 March 2019 Dear Interested Readers, What Medicare-For-All Can’t Fix Let me remind you of Dr. Robert Ebert’s 1965 formula for the future of healthcare in America. He lived for thirty years after this observation and did much to test his own...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Mar 5, 2019 | Bernie Sanders, Featured Post, Medicare For All
Bernie Sanders is back. At his announcement in Burlington and at a huge rally in Brooklyn last weekend, near the beginning of his speech, he said: We say to the private health insurance companies, whether you like it or not, the United States will join every...