Letters

Published
July 9, 2017

Letter to the editor: Senate health care bill would undermine decades of work

Having worked with Sen. Susan Collins since 2001 to ensure federal resources support Duchenne muscular dystrophy research and standards of care, I have seen bio-techs and pharmaceutical companies move into the rare disease space, developing treatments for this disorder. Additionally, people living with the condition are experiencing better quality of life and longevity because of […]
Published
July 9, 2017

Letter to the editor: Water skiers on Little Sebago should quiet down

Why do water skiers blast their music now? Why do Little Sebago vacationers have to listen to this sound abuse? We come to the lake for beauty and quiet. When water skiers amplify their directions to each other, it simply wrecks the birdsong or whatever the lake has to offer vacationers. Please stop ruining lake […]
Published
July 9, 2017

Letter to the editor: Chronic truancy remains problem for entire state

Thanks to the Press Herald for highlighting the important issue of chronic absence from school – whether it’s excused or not (“Some Maine school districts taking on truancy with tenacity,” June 19). At the John T. Gorman Foundation, we are proponents of community-based, positive strategies that foster a culture of consistent attendance. That’s because we’ve […]
Published
July 9, 2017

Letter to the editor: ‘Individual mandate’ is necessary when care is guaranteed

The proposed changes to the health care law remove one of the disliked provisions of the Affordable Care Act, namely the “individual mandate.” People who believed that they did not require health insurance felt that they should not have to purchase it or to pay a tax penalty. I would concur with them if they […]
Published
July 8, 2017

Letter to the editor: Medical world must recognize chronic Lyme disease

I was recently diagnosed with chronic Lyme disease, the most commonly reported vector-borne illness in America, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. An estimated 30,000 people will be diagnosed in the next year, a thousand in Maine alone. Thousands will remain misdiagnosed or undiagnosed. The only CDC-recommended tests for Lyme detection fail […]

Published
July 8, 2017

Letter to the editor: Government complicit in medical sales phone calls

I am a believer in the American entrepreneurship that allows companies to take their advertising to the potential customers. However, the constant barrage of those medical alert telephone calls to one’s home telephone are certainly a pain in the rear end. Complicit in these bothersome and frequent telephone solicitations is our very own government, which […]
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July 8, 2017

Letter to the editor: Protecting freedoms needs citizens’ eagle eye

I was pleased to read Bill Gregory’s July 1 Religion & Values column linking stewardship of creation with stewardship of our political process. Although it was not the main point of his column, the urgency and intensity of professor Timothy Snyder’s book “On Tyranny” were not conveyed in Mr. Gregory’s synopsis. One of the most […]
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July 8, 2017

Letter to the editor: Did your legislator listen to you or a lobbyist’s money?

The people of Maine voted on and passed citizen initiatives last November. Our Legislature has decided that the vote of the people does not matter. We the people voted to tax the wealthy 3 percent to pay for our underfunded school system. We the people said we want to change the way our representatives are […]
Published
July 8, 2017

Letter to the editor: Hobby Lobby’s hobby is  distinctly non-Christian

Does anyone else find it ironic that Hobby Lobby, a company so Christian-centric that it thought it was a sin to allow its insurance company to give free birth control pills to its employees, was recently fined $3 million for smuggling stolen antiquities into the U.S.? Just wondering. Bill Holly Kittery Point
Published
July 7, 2017

Letter to the editor: Republicans just don’t want to pay for poor’s health care

Regarding Ronald G. Thurston’s lament in a letter to the editor, “Blame Democrats, Sen. King for ‘health care disaster’ ” (June 28): The headline should have, instead, read, “Once again, thank the liberals” for insisting on progress by preserving the flawed but humane Affordable Care Act. While cloaking their opposition in confusing and damning rhetoric […]

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