by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jul 3, 2026 | A story from my life, ChatGPT, Dr. Benjamin Rush, Dr. Matthew Thornton, Featured Post, Fourth of July, My mistake, Our 250th National Birthday, Physicians as politicians and public leaders, Vaccination of the Continental Army of George Washington
July 3, 2026 Dear Interested Readers, Oops! I goofed! An unfinished version of this letter appeared in your email on Wednesday. Maybe it was the heat. Maybe it was evidence of intellectual decline. For whatever reason, I inadvertently released a rough...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | May 29, 2026 | AI in healthcare, democracy versus illiberalism, Diversity Equity Inclusion, Dr. Robert Wachter, Dualism, Empire v. Shalom, Ezra Klein, Featured Post, Kleptocracy, Liberalism, Marina Ovsyannikova, Non Zero, Social Determinants of Health, Universal Access, Workforce Shortages in Healthcare, Yuval Noah Harari
May 29, 2026 Dear Interested Readers Looking Past Policy Failures To Human Nature My letter to you two weeks ago revealed that my wife’s PCP had retired and that the practice was unable to provide her with a new PCP. She had originally been assigned to...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | May 15, 2026 | 2026 mid term elections, Access to care, Andrew Weinstein, Atrius Health, doctor shortage, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, Global Warming, healthcare under Trump, Politics and Healthcare, Social Determinants of Health, What we have with President Trump, workforce issues
May 15, 2026 Dear Interested Readers, A Sunnami of Change My wife spends a lot of time on social media. While scrolling through Instagram this week, she came across a quote from Andrew Weinstein that sums up the disgust so many of us feel as we...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Apr 24, 2026 | 2026 midterm elections, Featured Post, Iran War, MAHA, Politics and Healthcare, Project 2025, RFK Jr., Thomas Edsall, Trump Derangement Syndrome
April 24, 2026 Dear Interested Readers, MAHA and Other Healthcare Concerns One underdeveloped component of my personal version of “Trump Derangement Syndrome” has been my failure to provide an in-depth discussion of the MAHA (Make America Healthy Again)...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Mar 27, 2026 | Corporatization of U.S. Healthcare, Crossing the Quality Chasm, David Brooks, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, healthcare for the rural and urban poor, hospital closings in rural America, Iran War, Jamelle Bouie, narcissistic sociopath, New England Journal of Medicine, Politics and Healthcare, President Trump, private equity purchases in healthcare, Social Determinants of Health, Steward Health Care, The future of healthcare under Trump, The Triple Aim, VUCA
March 27, 2026 Dear Interested Readers, Private Equity in Healthcare Is the Wrong Road to High-Quality, Universal, Equitable, Affordable, and Sustainable Healthcare. I must remind myself every week that the intended purpose of this weekly letter is to...
