by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jun 5, 2018 | Economic inequality, Era 3: the moral era, Featured Post, Health in America, Inequality, Inequality in Healthcare, metitocracy, Process Improvement, Social Determinants of Health, The Triple Aim
I saw aristocracy up close at Harvard Medical School. I quickly realized that some of my classmates were from families that were either power brokers in New York or Washington, or were the elite of American medicine. I discerned that I had been slotted into the class...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | May 15, 2018 | ACA, Healthcare Quality, Presidential Politics, Racial Inequality, Tax Reform and Healthcare, The Triple Aim
When I think about the Triple Aim Paul Simon’s song “Slip Slidin’ Away” feels like it has a special message for me. Near the end of the song he sings: Slip slidin’ away You know the nearer your destination The more you’re slip slidin’ away God...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Apr 17, 2018 | Bipartisan Healthcare Process, Economic inequality, Featured Post, Healthcare as a Right, Inequality, Inequality in Healthcare, Mindset, Moral Minds, Social Determinants of Health, the healthcare debate
Someday the presidency of Donald Trump will be a subject for historians. Whatever historians say, I am sure that they will begin the story long before we thought of Trump’s bid for the presidency as anything more than a joke. The story will not begin with a review of...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Feb 27, 2018 | Innovation, Politics, Social Determinants of Health, Strategy, Tax Reform and Healthcare, The Triple Aim
The foundational fairy tale that Michael Wolff tells us in his bestseller, Fire and Fury: Inside The Trump White House, is that the president and none of his campaign staff, except Steve Bannon, ever thought he would win and did not prepare for the possibility of...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Dec 19, 2017 | Health in America, Healthcare Policy, Inequality in Healthcare, Tax Reform and Healthcare
Recently I was walking along listening to an audiobook. My book ended before my walk did so I switched over to the playlist of my youngest son’s music. It’s quite a playlist. He has posted a new song on the Internet every week for over seven years. There are 370 songs...