Bruce Poliquin calls Jared Golden a socialist because Golden wants to give people past the age of 55 the opportunity to purchase Medicare coverage. The operative word is purchase. Instead of paying insurance premiums to private insurers, those premiums would go to Medicare. That would not be a billion dollar cost to taxpayers. It would, […]
Letters
Letters to the editor of the Sun Journal.
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Theriault for Oxford County sheriff
I write to show support for Jim Theriault for Oxford County sheriff. I have known him my whole 52 years. Theriault’s integrity, honor, selflessness and work ethic more than qualify him for the job of sheriff. He has 40-plus years of experience in law enforcement, ending his time recently as chief of police in Mexico. […]
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Access to health care a birthright
By expanding Medicaid, 31 states have gained healthy and productive work forces that recharge their state economies and pour gold into state tax coffers. The Georgia Budget and Policy Institute, for example, estimates that, within 10 years, for every dollar spent on expanding Medicaid, Georgia will get $24 back. Not a single state, not even […]
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Mills will obey will of the voters
As a nurse practitioner, I hear the same stories every day. Whether retiree or full-time worker, insured or uninsured, patients all face the same problems: Drug prices are sky-high. Instead of taking what is best, they take what is affordable or nothing at all. Regular visits to their primary care providers are too expensive. They […]
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Sen. Collins doesn't represent me
I take issue with Ryan Lorrain’s letter (Oct. 14) applauding Sen. Susan Collins for representing Maine well during Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearing for the Supreme Court. She did not represent me well at all. She voted along party lines to confirm an ill-tempered man, just as she voted with other Republicans when they reduced health […]
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Sheats puts action behind her words
As a Vietnam War era veteran, I know the commitment it takes to serve the country. Bettyann Sheats has demonstrated her commitment by serving in the Armed Forces and representing Auburn in the Maine House. A West Point graduate, she served as an Army helicopter pilot in Germany and Fort Drum, New York. In 2016, […]
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Cloutier looks for ways to get things done
I first met Kristen Cloutier at a USM-Lewiston-Auburn College Community Advisory Board meeting. By the end of that meeting, I had a clear understanding of the passion that Cloutier has for this community. Meetings like this are not one-offs for her. If there is a group getting together to talk about and act upon ways […]
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Janet Mills a leader for health care
I would like to provide strong support for Janet Mills to be Maine’s next governor. While I was in the position of regional EMS medical director for Androscoggin, Oxford and Franklin counties several years ago, Mills was a strong force in our ability to obtain naloxone for police cruisers to treat opioid overdoses. That resulted […]
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Millions of dollars wasted
Political advertisements, bombarding television screens and other means of communication, cost probably millions of dollars just in Maine (multiply nationwide). That’s just money down the drain. Only in the United States is there such a protracted election cycle. I consider it all just gross. By now, most people have decided how they will vote. All […]
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Sen. Collins made Maine proud
The past few weeks have been dark in this nation as facts battled feelings, and a process that should have focused on professional aptitude focused instead on “he said, she said.” Above the political turmoil, Sen. Susan Collins rose to give a powerful and convincing speech in defense of Brett Kavanaugh. Despite roars of disapproval, […]