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...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Dec 5, 2017 | Economic inequality, Featured Post, Inequality in Healthcare, Racial Inequality, The Triple Aim
In the November 17th “Healthcare Musings” letter the second paragraph was biographical. I first began to worry about race as a small child. My family was progressive on issues of race in comparison to other families in the South between the late forties and mid...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Nov 21, 2017 | Featured Post, Health in America, Inequality, Inequality in Healthcare, Politics, Poverty, Tax reform
As the Senate works on its tax bill, it seems like a good time to discuss connections that may not be obvious between this bill and the inequality, injustice, and attitudes about race that are major barriers to better health in America. I have long hidden the fact...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Nov 14, 2017 | Healthcare Transformation, Improving the health of the poor, Inequality in Healthcare, Politics, Presidential Politics, Social Determinants of Health, Tax Reform and Healthcare, the healthcare debate
I know very little about taxes. I pay them. I have always assumed that everyone can build a case for why they should pay less. I also figure that some people cheat and don’t pay theirs, and that others use their influence within the political process to have the laws...