1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (154+ words) Angela Cole Westhoff is president and CEO of the Maine Health Care Association. But today, that system is being undermined by a loophole that results in patients and families having to choose between paying out of pocket for needed medical…...

5+ mon, 4+ week ago  (318+ words) Thank you to Drs. Jeffrey Barkin and Daniel Bryant for their excellent opinion pieces about our health care system in recent Sunday editions. Support for Medicare for All is strong among patients as well as health care professionals. A recent…...

8+ mon, 2+ week ago  (542+ words) Michael Bacon is a retired oceanographer and longtime advocate for publicly funded universal health care. He lives in Westbrook. With the approach of Medicare's open-enrollment period (Oct. 15-Dec. 7), seniors must decide whether to choose traditional Medicare ( the original, largely public…...