They’re also working hard to address the other two goals of Triple Aim: improving population health and reducing per capital cost of health care.
Op-Eds
Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
It’s my obituary, and I have just a few rules for it
In the wee hours of the morning, I get some ideas of things I don’t want to be in my newspaper eulogy.
With state lottery, Maine is a ‘shark’ preying on poor, unlucky ‘fish’
Odds of winning lottery jackpots — and online fantasy sports — are bleak, but offer hope to the state’s poorest residents.
We need heavy dose of positive thinking to win tomorrow’s jobs
At a time when we should be pulling together, we’re pulling apart, consumed with partisanship, pessimism, anger and excuses.
‘Champions for Children’ reveal society’s soul through their work
The stories out of the Maine Children’s Alliance awards ceremony show the state is in good hands.
Communities, just like people, need help to recover from trauma
Waterville has begun to pull itself back from the low point represented by Hathaway Mill’s closing in 2002.
What’s the point of living a long life if you’re deprived of bacon, hot dogs?
Even people who don’t eat processed meat won’t live forever.
Health care can’t help but be harmed when the human touch is lost
Medicine has surrendered its autonomy and become an employee of the monied interests.
Worst thing about getting old isn’t your age, it’s making sense of Medicare muck
What I understand is just a little of the alphabet soup (Parts A, B, C and D) that comprise our national health system for people older than 65.
Labor Relations Board ruling handicaps Maine small businesses
Browning-Ferris holds that a company is now considered a “joint employer” of subcontracted employees.