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Tag: health care

Viewpoints

Let’s all get creative: Let’s all #BeBerkshire

Perhaps some have lost hope for a fast Berkshire recovery. For me, though, I remain very optimistic and bullish on the Berkshires.

by William "Smitty" Pignatelli
Posted on May 20, 2020
Life In the Berkshires

CHP’s Dr. Stoepker helping to change the landscape of accessible health care for LGBTQ infividuals

Dr. Jeremy Stoepker has worked to create a safe zone in his office by providing informed, compassionate medical care to LGBTQ patients.

by Hannah Van Sickle
Posted on January 11, 2020
Viewpoints

Amplifications: Navigating Berkshire health care options

Physical therapy at Hillcrest was, and still is, top-notch.

by Rochelle O'Gorman
Posted on May 21, 2019
Business

CAPITAL IDEAS: Mort à la résistance

Recency bias is the tendency to think that what’s been happening recently will keep happening. It’s one of a group of behavioral finance biases that cloud the judgement of investors.

by Allen Harris
Posted on February 20, 2019
Viewpoints

Redefining good health and good health care for ACA customers—and for everyone else, too

As the “social determinants of health” move into focus, we must reach beyond vital signs, the histories, the medication lists: We now ask patients about housing stability, transportation access, family relationships, caregiving challenges, friendships, food security.

by Lia Spiliotes
Posted on February 9, 2019
Business

CAPITAL IDEAS: Playing with FIRE

I get the “Financial Independence” part, but the “Retire Early” part is just made up. Retiring at age 40 is a romantic idea.

by Allen Harris
Posted on February 6, 2019
Letters

Nurse practitioners, physician assistants vital parts of health care teams

In his letter Dr. Everett Lamm writes: “In today’s health care environment, in nearly all medical settings and not just in rural areas, primary care medicine is increasingly provided by highly qualified nurse practitioners and physician assistants who work alongside physicians in a team setting.”

by Letter to the editor
Posted on January 16, 2019
Viewpoints

No on Question 1: Not a fit for the Berkshires

The Massachusetts Health Policy Commission, an independent state agency, estimates that healthcare costs will increase between $676 million and $949 million annually if this initiative passes.

by Jonathan Butler
Posted on October 29, 2018
We the People

New video parodies N.Y. Congressman John Faso for taking away health care

In a new video ad, “Make You Sick,” released this week by the Catskills Freedom Network, animated rapper DJ Faso again turns the tables on the real Faso, imagining him as a rapper trying to explain his betrayal to his voters.

by Edge Staff
Posted on October 25, 2018
Letters

Support Single Payer legislation in Question 4

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Beth Eisenberg writes: “The enormous burden to cities, towns and school districts that must pay ever-increasing health insurance bills for current employees as well as retirees would be alleviated, and other much needed municipal and educational needs could be addressed.”

by Letter to the editor
Posted on October 17, 2018
Letters

Question 1 threatens healthcare access for more than 30,000 CHP patients

In here letter to the editor, Lia Spiliotes writes: “Question 1 is a threat to Berkshire County’s overall community health.”

by Letter to the editor
Posted on October 10, 2018
Life In the Berkshires

AMPLIFICATIONS: Pain

Clearly we have a problem with addiction in this country, but we also have a problem with pain management. Living in constant pain can destroy a person.

by Rochelle O'Gorman
Posted on September 15, 2018
Letters

Say ‘no’ to Question 1: Here’s one good reason why

In a letter to the editor Dr. Brian Burke writes: “However, under the terms of the nurse staffing initiative, if you arrive at an emergency department at the wrong time, you may not be seen until and unless additional staff are brought in to restore the ratio.”

by Letter to the editor
Posted on August 23, 2018
Edgecasts

EDGECAST: U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren at The Mahaiwe: We’re in this fight

U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren spoke to an overflow audience of more than 1,000 Sunday (July 22) at The Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center in Great Barrington, Mass. She addressed issues of immigration, income inequality, and the opioid epidemic. Here is a video of her remarks.

by Ben Hillman
Posted on July 29, 2018
News

U.S. Rep. Neal’s Democratic opponent styles herself a ‘problem solver’

Amatul-Wadud is running for Congress to address what she believes are some hard truths about the living conditions in the district that Rep. Neal and others won’t talk about.

by Victor Feldman
Posted on July 24, 2018
News

Warren electrifies Mahaiwe crowd, but questioners get few specifics

The Warren campaign estimated more than 1,000 people attended the rally, including those at the packed Mahaiwe and the overflow crowd that could not be admitted to the 700-seat theater.

by Terry Cowgill
Posted on July 22, 2018
News

Seven Democrats seek chance to unseat Republican John Faso in crucial NY-19 district

The Democratic candidates debate lasted nearly three hours and covered issues from Trump’s new tariffs, how to protect the EPA and deal with a shortage of farm workers as well as questions on immigration reform, gun control and health care.

by Victor Feldman
Posted on June 20, 2018
News

Can’t find decent help? ‘Workforce issue’ likely the cause

There are a variety of theories as to why the seasonal labor market has been tightening over the years. Birth rates have been dropping for at least a generation, and more students are willing to forgo a paycheck in the summer while taking a volunteer position or internship to build their resumes for life after college.

by Terry Cowgill
Posted on June 1, 2018
News

Springfield attorney challenges U.S. Rep. Neal from the left, points to ‘open secrets’ about his donors

There is a reason Amatul-Wadud cares so much about people. It’s because, as a lawyer specializing in probate, families, custody and visitation rights, “I get to see people in their most intimate spaces.”

by Terry Cowgill
Posted on April 10, 2018
Viewpoints

Open enrollment: Notes from the front lines of health care coverage

The Affordable Care Act’s subsidized health care should be viewed by our nation’s leaders as an investment – not a cost – in the health and wellness of everyone. My clients are employed, hardworking Berkshire county residents who are without access to workplace insurance.

by William Cruz
Posted on December 27, 2017
News

Take that, Trump! Obamacare enrollments up statewide and in South County

Even as uncertainty looms over the Affordable Care Act and its associated programs, enrollment numbers are up, both nationwide and in Massachusetts.

by Terry Cowgill
Posted on December 11, 2017
News

News Brief: Mass. Senate passes HEALTH Act

The HEALTH Act focuses on both short- and long-term goals on how to fix the state’s health care system to lower costs, improve outcomes and maintain access.

by Edge Staff
Posted on November 10, 2017
Viewpoints

Stop the attacks on Medicaid: It holds the key to better health

Through the Affordable Care Act we – finally – have a health care approach that acknowledges the realities of life below the poverty line.

by Lia Spiliotes
Posted on November 7, 2017
Viewpoints

Community health centers: What’s working in the U.S. health care system

Community health centers, numbering nearly 1,300 in the 50 states and with decades of federal funding support, are the primary medical homes for more than 25 million people in 9,800 rural and urban communities in the U.S.

by Lia Spiliotes
Posted on August 15, 2017
Viewpoints

CONNECTIONS: Our pugilistic politics

Are we a country irreconcilably divided? Rather than one issue, we seem unable to discourse rationally about climate change, immigration, health care, taxes, Russian espionage, or the man in the White House.

by Carole Owens
Posted on June 6, 2017
We the People

ORANGE ALERT: Failing health

“I worked as a team player. I’ve been in office, what, 64 days? I’ve never said repeal and replace Obamacare within 64 days.”
— President Trump

by Ben Hillman
Posted on March 27, 2017
We the People

A bad hair day for N.Y. Rep. John Faso

March 24 may be the date that made him a one-term Congressman. With his abrupt decision to support the American Health Care Act, the freshman Republican congressman from Kinderhook engaged in a stunning series of betrayals.

by Scott Christianson
Posted on March 26, 2017
Letters

Senate candidate Andrea Harrington understands crucial problems facing Berkshire County

In her letter to the editor, Rachel Branch of North Adams writes: “Attorney Harrington has no illusions about those of us living on only Social Security and the compounded effect the loss of cost of living increases created, and the wall of impoverishment many seniors face.”

by Letter to the editor
Posted on August 6, 2016
Letters

Dental hygiene practitioners will increase access to dental care

In her letter to the editor, Joanne Simpson applauds state Rep. Smitty Pignatelli for sponsoring a bill to increase access to dental care.

by Letter to the editor
Posted on April 24, 2016
Letters

CHP should welcome back doctors who have left

In her letter to the editor, Ruth Dinerman writes: “Now I learn that John Horan and Siobhan McNally, both astonishingly good pediatricians are not necessarily returning to CHP. That is a loss this community cannot afford.”

by Letter to the editor
Posted on January 22, 2016
Letters

Bring our doctors back

In her letter to the editor, Tamera Gebo-Wilber writes: “Talented and highly respected nurses, nurse practitioners, and a grant writer, have left [CHP].”

by Letter to the editor
Posted on January 21, 2016
Letters

Tell CHP board to stop attrition of health providers

In her letter to the editor, Dr. Diane Singer writes: “The health care given at CHP will suffer dramatically as wonderful providers leave in frustration, are forced out, threatened, or not welcomed back.”

by Letter to the editor
Posted on January 21, 2016
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