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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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Just when you thought cystic fibrosis drugs could not get more expensive . . .
September protest at Vertex in Boston -- that's me in the front row! What a bad week for my friends at Vertex Pharmaceuticals! Yes, on...
D. Maurice Kreis
Dec 21, 20243 min read
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Now is the Time to Choose Hope and Put it into Action
“Adding Tomorrows,” a phrase that appears on the pin I always wear on my lapel, has officially disappeared from the lexicon of the Cystic...
D. Maurice Kreis
Nov 24, 20245 min read
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Trikafta is "affordable"? Gimme a break.
“The Colorado Prescription Drug Affordability Board [PDAB] recently determined that Trikafta is not unaffordable for people living with...
D. Maurice Kreis
Dec 16, 20235 min read
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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...
D. Maurice Kreis
Jun 4, 20234 min read
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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...
D. Maurice Kreis
Jun 3, 20236 min read
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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...
D. Maurice Kreis
Sep 25, 20228 min read
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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...
D. Maurice Kreis
Jun 20, 20224 min read
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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...
D. Maurice Kreis
May 12, 20225 min read
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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...
D. Maurice Kreis
Mar 22, 20225 min read
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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...
D. Maurice Kreis
Mar 19, 20223 min read
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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...
D. Maurice Kreis
Feb 2, 20225 min read
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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...
D. Maurice Kreis
Dec 23, 20216 min read
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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...
D. Maurice Kreis
Nov 13, 20213 min read
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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...
D. Maurice Kreis
Nov 9, 20213 min read
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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...
D. Maurice Kreis
Nov 9, 20213 min read
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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...
D. Maurice Kreis
Nov 9, 20212 min read
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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...
D. Maurice Kreis
Nov 8, 20215 min read
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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...
D. Maurice Kreis
Nov 7, 20213 min read
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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...
D. Maurice Kreis
Oct 30, 20213 min read
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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...
D. Maurice Kreis
Oct 5, 20218 min read
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