Letters

Published
January 26, 2017

Letter to the editor: ACA helped two self-employed Mainers make it

As two self-employed artists in Maine, my wife and I know what it’s like to not have health insurance. First, my wife needed a gallbladder extraction. Because we couldn’t afford to pay $600 a month for a catastrophic plan, we were uninsured, so the whole operation set us back $15,000. We made it over that […]
Published
January 26, 2017

Letter to the editor: Marches kept a positive message front and center

On Page A3 of the Jan. 23 print edition, the Portland Press Herald ran a Washington Post article on women’s rallies in red states, with a subheading describing the marches as “anti-Trump.” As a person who participated in the Women’s March in Augusta, capital of our red-and-blue-striped state, I see the marches differently. The vast […]
Published
January 26, 2017

Letter to the editor: Collins should follow King’s lead against Pruitt

There has been a lot of worry surrounding President Trump’s Cabinet nominations, but as an avid outdoorsman and a lifelong Maine resident, none are as troubling to me as his pick for the head of the Environmental Protection Agency – Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt. Pruitt’s weak stance on climate change, championing of polluters’ interests […]
Published
January 26, 2017

Letter to the editor: InterMed made clear choice of profits over people

I am fortunate to have never been discriminated against – that is, until a couple of weeks ago, when I called InterMed to find a new doctor. My own doctor, who was probably the greatest doctor in the world, moved away and I was anxious to find another equally as good. I was told by […]
Published
January 25, 2017

Letter to the editor: Animal rights defenders doing God’s work

St. Francis of Assisi stated: “If you have men who will exclude any of God’s creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who will deal likewise with their fellow men.” Gov. LePage demonstrates a lack of compassion and decency by attacking animal defenders for their excellent work to uncover and […]

Published
January 25, 2017

Letter to the editor: Fellow clergy failed to offer inclusive prayers at inauguration

After more than 40 years as a Christian minister, I found myself deeply ashamed of my clergy colleagues who took part in the presidential inauguration. Their inability to offer prayers that were inclusive of non-Christians was disheartening and damaging to our social fabric. They used their few seconds in the spotlight to push their own […]
Published
January 25, 2017

Letter to the editor: Sens. Collins, King should oppose threat to Mainers’ clean air

On Jan. 11, the U.S. House of Representatives voted on a significant bill: the Regulatory Accountability Act. The health of all Mainers is threatened by the misleadingly named proposal, a dangerous bill parading as a “reform” measure that passed the House. While I am deeply disappointed that the House approved this sneak attack bill, I […]
Published
January 25, 2017

Letter to the editor: Trump adviser’s remark would be funny – if it weren’t so ‘sad’

I did not realize that presidential adviser Kellyanne Conway was such a comedian. In a Washington Post story that you published Jan. 18, “Nominees face barrage of ethics questions,” Ms. Conway took umbrage with the questioning of Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominees by Democrats. She stated, “The idea of humiliating and trying to embarrass qualified men […]
Published
January 25, 2017

Letter to the editor: Sen. Collins deserves praise for health law alternative

On Monday, U.S. Sen. Susan Collins of Maine joined with her colleague U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana to introduce The Patient Freedom Act as an alternative to the federal Affordable Care Act. While the full details have yet to be published, it appears that this initiative is a sincere attempt to do more than […]
Published
January 24, 2017

Letter to the editor: Abandon Alzheimer’s patients? That’s a heartless response

I am responding to the Jan. 9 letter to the editor by William Vaughan Jr.: “Responses to Alzheimer’s unpleasant but necessary.” Commenting on the possibility of genetic transmission of Alzheimer’s disease, he describes what sounds like a national breeding program for humans as “one possible solution to part of the problem.” Then he goes on […]

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