by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Feb 11, 2022 | Biases, connectedness, COVID stress on hospital resources, Crossing the Quality Chasm, Culture, Don't Look Up, Ezra Klein, Featured Post, Fee for service payment, Future of Heathcare, Health in America, healthcare disparities, healthcare finance, Healthcare Transformation, Hopes in the Future for a Bipartisan Healthcare Process, Inequality in Healthcare, Interdependence, Majority-Minority, Massachusetts Health Policy Commision, Polarization in America, Politics and Healthcare, Richard Rohr, Social Determinants of Health, Stein's Law, The Triple Aim, Thomas Edsall
February 11, 2022 Dear Concerned Readers, “When You’re Accustomed To Privilege, Equality Feels Like Oppression.” I was surprised by the response that I got last week from two loyal readers. As I have re-read the exchanges between them and me, it occurred...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Feb 4, 2022 | a personal testimony, COVID uncertainty, Dr. George Vaillant, Dr. Paul Batalden, E. Stanley Jones, Equity, Featured Post, Health in America, Inequality in Healthcare, Mark Twain's wisdom, Martin Luther King Jr, Medical Quality, Rainer Maria Rilke, The Triple Aim, VUCA, Workforce Shortages in Healthcare
February 4, 2022 Dear Interested Readers, Maintaining Perspective While Living with Uncertainty Most Monday mornings at 9 AM I click on a Zoom link and join a conversation with five of my friends. We are all “mostly retired.” One participant is a...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Oct 15, 2021 | ACA, Atrius Health, Carilion Clinic, Costs, Crossing the Quality Chasm, Don Berwick, Dr. Ed Murphy, Elizabeth Warren, Featured Post, Health in America, Healthcare Transformation, out of pocket healthcare costs, physician culture, Politics and Healthcare, Progressive Values, The Triple Aim, Waste in healthcare
October 15, 2021 Dear Interested Readers, Thinking About Our Failures And The Challenges Ahead My wife enjoys Facebook and Instagram despite the recent controversies generated by the whistleblower revelation of the darker side of Facebook management. She...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Sep 17, 2021 | ACA, Continuous Improvement, Costs, Employer Provided Health Insurance, Featured Post, Global Warming, Health in America, Healthcare equity, Inequality in Healthcare, Medicare For All, out of pocket healthcare costs, Poverty and healthcare, Public Health, Public Option, Universal Access
September 17, 2021 Dear Interested Readers, Why Is Universal Healthcare Coverage Such an Elusive Goal? This week’s New England Journal of Medicine has two thought-provoking articles in its “Perspectives” section. The first article is “State Public Option...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jul 16, 2021 | 2022 midterm elections, ACA, culture wars, Economic inequality, Equity, Featured Post, Healthcare as a Right, Inequality in Healthcare, Medicare For All, Politics and Healthcare, Racial Inequality, Republican efforts to limit voting rights, Social Determinants of Health, the filibuster
July 16, 2021 Dear Interested Readers, Are Voting Rights Critical To Improving The Social Determinants Of Health? These are tense times for me. I wish that I could just turn off the television, cancel all my newspaper and magazine subscriptions,...
