by Dr. Gene Lindsey | May 23, 2017 | ACA, AHCA, Costs, Delivery, Featured Post, Presidential Politics, Repeal and Replace
In August 2015 I gave a talk on the history of the evolution of health insurance that was part of a seminar entitled “Practicing in the Era of Healthcare Reform.” I concluded my talk with a slide labeled “Persistent Problems.” I recently reviewed the presentation and...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Apr 25, 2017 | ACA, AHCA, Featured Post, Healthcare Policy, Payment Models, Repeal and Replace, the healthcare debate, The Triple Aim
After the failure of Paul Ryan’s American Health Care Act to get passed over the internal squabbling of House Republicans despite their forty four vote majority, David Brooks wrote an interesting tongue in cheek column entitled “The Coming Incompetence Crisis.” He...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Mar 21, 2017 | AHCA, Burnout, Costs, Featured Post, Population Health Management, Repeal and Replace
Retirement is a time of reflection. Most of one’s agency lies in the past. I must organize opportunities to transfer bits of experience, insight and wisdom to those who still do the work if I am to have the joy of continuing to contribute to the dream of a future...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Feb 28, 2017 | ACA, Featured Post, Healthcare Policy, Medicaid Reform, Presidential Politics, Repeal and Replace, The Triple Aim
This last week Congress has been recessed for the Presidents’ Day holiday week. Paul Ryan accurately anticipated that many of Republican members of Congress would be having town meetings with their constituents and would face angry voters who wanted to talk down the...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Feb 21, 2017 | ACA, Costs, Featured Post, Healthcare Policy, Politics, Repeal and Replace, the healthcare debate
Tom Price is now in place at his new office at HHS. One of Dr. Price’s first actions was to release a YouTube video that promises us a lot but does not say anything specific about what he plans to do. Seema Verma has been working her way toward Senate confirmation as...