On Jan. 28, I was scheduled for a 7 a.m. procedure at Maine Medical Center. On the way there, I saw a social media post featuring nurses discussing staffing shortages related to ICE activity and the fear some Black and brown colleagues felt about coming to work. While being prepped, a nurse handed me a […]

A Feb. 2 op-ed, arguing that crypto mining could support Maine’s aging energy grid, overlooks realities. While Bitcoin mines are framed as flexible grid assets, they operate like energy-intensive data centers, with continuous demand and lasting community impacts. Claims that operations can shut down “at the flick of a switch” ignore that profitability depends on […]

I was sad to hear about the death of civil rights leader Jesse Jackson.  As a young assistant communications director at the interracial Chicago Urban League in the late 1960s and early 1970s, I had the privilege to serve as a liaison on several occasions between the Urban League and a coalition of Black and […]

After witnessing what we have over the past year, the moral fault line in America is crystal clear. If someone believes the federal government should be gunning down innocent citizens in the streets of Minneapolis, or anywhere else, he or she is not a good person. If someone believes the president of the United States […]

I support the ongoing efforts by Make America Healthy Again. Here are five items I wish the federal government drive would address. George HuntGardiner

I’m writing regarding the Maine House Republicans’ recent press release about a federal audit finding $45.6 million in improper MaineCare autism payments from the state of Maine. As a retired physician, I can see from the details provided that the great majority of this so-called “fraud waste and abuse” comes down to simple documentation problems. […]

The struggles of the National Health Service (NHS) in the U.K. are frequently cited as a reason to oppose publicly funded universal health care in the U.S. Yes, there are wait times, but they are due to chronic underfunding. Per capita spending on health care in the U.K. is only 45% of that in the U.S. Despite the underfunding, […]

Maybe Dr. Oz, as administrator for the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, should concentrate on Medicare services rather than Medicaid when looking for fraud (“Gov. Mills, Dr. Oz spar over Maine Medicaid investigations,” Portland Press Herald, Feb. 10). I use Martin’s Point Health Care as my “Medicare Advantage” provider; I was appalled when […]