by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Oct 28, 2022 | 2022 midterm elections, A story from my life, disinformation, Equity, Featured Post, Garrison Keillor, Health in America, Healthcare equity, Hope, Misinformation, Politics and Healthcare, Republican reluctance to accept the results of the election., Social Determinants of Health
October 28, 2022 Dear Interested Readers, The Tension Is Building The 2022 midterm elections are just eleven days from now. On the one hand, I am sick and tired of the inflammatory political ads that are laced with lies or exaggerations coming from both...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Oct 14, 2022 | 2022 midterm elections, A Promised Land By Barack Obama, Bayard Rustin, culture wars, Diane Gilworth, Economic inequality, Ezra Klein, Featured Post, Healthcare equity, Hope, Improving the health of the poor, Inequality in Healthcare, Martin Luther King Jr, political polarization, Poverty, Racism in America, Social Determinants of Health, Transformative Politics
October 14, 2022 Dear Interested Readers, Looking Back For Guidance Going Forward I am probably like a lot of Democrats who can remember the enthusiasm with which we once embraced heroes like JFK, RFK, Gene McCarthy, and even Jimmy Carter and Bill...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Sep 30, 2022 | ACA, Biden's American Families Plan, Block Island, Build Back Better, Children in poverty, CHIP, Dr. Ruby Payne, Economic inequality, Featured Post, healthcare disparities, Social Determinants of Health, The potential fallibility of statistics, Universal Basic Income
September 30, 2022 Dear Interested Readers, The Data Says There Is Less Poverty, But Poverty Is Still A Huge Barrier To Health I was pleasantly surprised to hear recently that childhood poverty is down dramatically over the last twenty years. That was...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Sep 23, 2022 | 2022 midterm elections, American exceptionalism, anti semitism, burnout and professional fulfillment, Dr. Kimberly Becher, Featured Post, Governor Ron DeSantis, Healthcare in Rural America, Poverty and healthcare, Racism in America, rural healthcare, Social Determinants of Health, The Holocaust, Venezuelan immigrants in Martha's Vineyard
September 23, 2022 Dear Interested Readers, What We Say, What We Do, and a Doctor Whose Actions Speak For Her My wife and I have been watching the latest Ken Burns PBS production, ”The U.S. and The Holocaust”. For over forty years, Burns has educated us...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Sep 16, 2022 | 2022 midterm elections, ACOs, Burnout, Dartmouth Health, Dean Robert Ebert, Equity, Featured Post, Fee for service payment, Future of Heathcare, Global Warming, Harvard Community Health Plan, Healthcare equity, improving the delivery of care, Innovation in Healthcare, Medicare For All, Primary Care Challenges, Primary Day in New Hampshire, rural healthcare, The Triple Aim, Value Based Reimbursement, Workforce Shortages in Healthcare
September 16, 2022 Dear Interested Readers, Rethinking How We Deliver Care In last week’s letter, I tried to describe the disappointments and controversies currently associated with ACOs. Like a serialized Netflix presentation I want to begin by...
