by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jul 14, 2020 | Boston Medical Center, Don Berwick, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, Guthrie Clinic, Inequality in Healthcare, Poverty and healthcare, The Triple Aim, The World After COVID-19, Universal Access
My wife and I were recently watching the PBS program “The Vote” when it occurred to me how long it takes to achieve social change. The story of Women’s Suffrage is an international saga that really spans a few thousand years. It was not until 2015 when Suadi...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jul 10, 2020 | Black Lives Matter, Covid-19, David Brooks, Donald Trump's management of COVID-19, Featured Post, Inequality, Pandemic Management, Paul Krugman, The 2020 elections
July 10, 2020 Dear Interested Readers, It’s Seems Impossible To Look Away and See Beyond the Moment The last six months have been a blur. I can vaguely remember the impeachment hearings in January, and the faint hope that a couple of Republican...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jul 7, 2020 | Bret Kavanaugh, Covid-19, Donald Trump's management of COVID-19, Donald Trump's Reaction to Demonstrations, Economic Implications of COVID-19, Economic inequality, Employer Provided Health Insurance, Improving the health of the poor, Inequality in Healthcare, public Demonstrations Against Racism and Police Brutality, Racial Inequality, Reopening the economy
The president taught me something this week. I was not surprised when I heard that his campaign speech at Mount Rushmore was a dark and divisive presentation. I was very surprised, and a bit supercilious, when I heard that his rath came down on “far left”...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jun 26, 2020 | ACA, Attack on The ACA Through the Courts, Avoiding the Second Wave, Donald Trump's management of COVID-19, Economic Implications of COVID-19, Featured Post, herd immunity, Personal responses to the challenges of COVID-19, Reopening the economy, Skepticism about the COVID-19 Vaccine, Tom Friedman
June 26, 2020 Dear Interested Readers, Frustrated, Frightened, But Hoping I have read hundreds of thousands of words about the COVID-19 epidemic. There are several great writers at The Atlantic who have provided excellent reports and analysis,...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jun 23, 2020 | Donald Trump's management of COVID-19, Economic Implications of COVID-19, Featured Post, ignoring prudence while reopening the economy, John Bolton, Personal responses to the challenges of COVID-19, Polarization in America, The 2020 elections, the president's lies
What would you think if you heard someone say, “If I don’t check the weather, it won’t rain on my picnic!”? I guess the answer depends on the context. It could be a tongue in cheek joke, or it could be an expression of a very disconnected concept about how...