D. Maurice Kreis
Trikafta is "affordable"? Gimme a break.
“The Colorado Prescription Drug Affordability Board [PDAB] recently determined that Trikafta is not unaffordable for people living with...
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"The spirit of liberty is the spirit which is not too sure that it is right." -- U.S. Circuit Judge Learned Hand (1872-1961)
DONALD MAURICE KREIS
CF Heterozygote, Self-Appointed Architecture Critic, Cooperator, Ratepayer Advocate
[N1303K is a mutation on Chromosome 7 associated with cystic fibrosis. In case you were wondering. Find me on most social media as @DMoKreis. Interested in the work I do at my day job? Check out oca.nh.gov.
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D. Maurice Kreis
- Jun 4, 2023
- 4 min
Middlebury College's Mead Chapel: Hold the Mead
Count me among the Middlebury College alumni who are perfectly fine with their alma mater having divested the school's iconic chapel of...
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D. Maurice Kreis
- Jun 3, 2023
- 6 min
Mills & Chills yield architectural thrills at Bowdoin
For the past three years, a particular corner of the Bowdoin College campus in Brunswick, Maine has been of special interest to me. In...
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D. Maurice Kreis
- Sep 25, 2022
- 8 min
The VSECU Merger: Why I'm Voting "No"
Greetings from New Hampshire – birthplace of the U.S. credit union movement! From the other side of the Connecticut River, the plan to...
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D. Maurice Kreis
- Jun 20, 2022
- 4 min
Apartments as Self-Storage on Main Street in Concord
Fellow residents of our fair city of Concord, New Hampshire: If you need yet more evidence of how civilization itself is in the toilet...
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D. Maurice Kreis
- May 12, 2022
- 5 min
VSECU: Rob Miller is Wrong About the "Network Effect"
I am still waiting for someone to give me a good reason to vote for the merger of Vermont’s two biggest credit unions. I get to vote...
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D. Maurice Kreis
- Mar 22, 2022
- 5 min
Cranky Credit Union Commentary
Members of credit unions do not give a damn about the fact that they own their financial institutions and have the right to democratic...
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D. Maurice Kreis
- Mar 19, 2022
- 3 min
Term limits at the Co-op? No thanks.
It's annual election season at the Hanover Consumer Cooperative Society -- known locally as "the Co-op," familiar throughout the Upper...
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D. Maurice Kreis
- Feb 2, 2022
- 5 min
Salt in My Soul, the Movie: I couldn't resist
When it comes to ‘disease lit,’ I’m all in. How could I not be, as someone who has now been a cystic fibrosis dad for two decades? At...
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D. Maurice Kreis
- Dec 23, 2021
- 6 min
Judge to Rappahannock Electric Co-op: "Not as cooperative as it should be."
Allow me to sing the praises of my two newest friends, Christopher Shipe and John Hewa. Chris is the board chair and John is the CEO of...
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D. Maurice Kreis
- Nov 13, 2021
- 3 min
Dial C for Coding: Season 2 Preview
I won the battle with Dartmouth Hitchock Medical Center (DHMC) and its "revenue cycle performance solutions"co-conspirator Conifer Health...
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D. Maurice Kreis
- Nov 9, 2021
- 3 min
Charlie Munger's Sardine Can for 4,500 Students
Colleges and universities have long been among the most important creators of consequential architecture in the U.S. From the University...
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D. Maurice Kreis
- Nov 9, 2021
- 3 min
Dial C for Coding: The Denouement?
Well, all it took, it turns out, was a simple request for a"copy of the UB04 or the CMS 1500 for the Date of Service" for DHMC to back...
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D. Maurice Kreis
- Nov 9, 2021
- 2 min
Dial C for Coding: The Plot Sickens
Yesterday I reported on the quest by Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC) to collect $30 from me in connection with my annual...
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D. Maurice Kreis
- Nov 8, 2021
- 5 min
Dial C for Coding: A Chilling $30 Hitchcock Tale
In her book An American Sickness: How Healthcare Became Big Business and How You Can Take It Back, journalist/physician Elizabeth...
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D. Maurice Kreis
- Nov 7, 2021
- 3 min
An Open Letter to my Member of Congress
Dear Representative Kuster: As the parent of a young person with cystic fibrosis, I was pleased to learn that you and your colleagues in...
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D. Maurice Kreis
- Oct 30, 2021
- 3 min
Polar Bear Pitch 2021
Imagine that you're a polar bear. I'm not talking about a polar bear as in the Bowdoin College mascot. I mean a real polar bear -- and...
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D. Maurice Kreis
- Oct 5, 2021
- 8 min
Fish Out of Pond: A Tribute to Andrew A. Godfrey '88
"I wasn't trying to become a folk-hero, all I was trying to do was piss off the Colby goalie." So began a letter to the editor, published...
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D. Maurice Kreis
- Aug 2, 2021
- 3 min
Heartbreaking news from the foothills of the Big Belt Range in Montana
Dear Friends: Eleven years ago, I brought my daughter Rose, then a feisty wisp of a kid still learning how to thrive with cystic...
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D. Maurice Kreis
- Jul 6, 2021
- 4 min
I'm a Slavittnik, and Proud of It
Nobody cares what I think about the pandemic. I realize that. But, I have been groping my way to something like an understanding of what...
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