Earnest Maier

Why we will no longer be a welcoming church

We’ve decided to quit being a welcoming church. No kidding. We’re giving it up. Like so many congregations, we’ve sunk an amazing amount of time and energy into becoming a welcoming church. We changed worship styles, trained greeters and ushers, wore name tags, brewed coffee, went to workshops on hospitality and put our friendliest people …

Agile Practices In The Legal Services Industry

Agile methodologies have had an enormous impact on the legal services industry.

Disease Care or Health Care?

Chiropractors provide health care. They concern themselves with interference to the system of the body that controls all functions—the nerve system. Vertebral subluxations cause interference to t…

Housing is Health Care—and Health Care Can Build Housing

Traditionally, the housing and health care industries have viewed one another as distinct. This distinction has prohibited us from seeing our broader intersections with economic, social and racial equity—and the solutions.

Is There a Right to Health Care?

Saying people have a right to health care is based on a conceptual confusion.

Why is collaboration missing in health care?

Collaboration by health care professionals is an essential element.

What to look for in a health care proxy

A health care proxy, also sometimes known as an agent or the person named in your healthcare power of attorney, is going to make decisions for you when necessary. Using a medical power of attorney is a very common part of estate planning. You get to select the person who can make medical choices if

Attacks on health care questions and answers

Health Care Stocks: Are They More Speculative?

Health care stocks may no longer be a defensive play for investors.

How to Be an Educated Health Care Consumer

With health care costs on the rise, it’s more important than ever to take responsibility for your medical care choices. Asking questions and researching

Benefits of Home Health Care for Seniors

Focus on Health Care Jobs is Misguided

But voices inside the medical community now seem to agree with AIM that the focus on health-care jobs is misguided.

Are You Subsidizing Health Care Subsidy?

As an insurance agent, specifically for this blog, health insurance; I am inundated with information regarding health care costs and questioned about the tax and cost implications thereof. From a statistical perspective, or in the insurance world, actuarial statistics- the increase in health care costs are directly influenced by the increase in risk. In other words, the fact that people are no longer underwritten for health care policies for certain...Read More

Is Health Care Cost Transparency the Answer?

NEJM Catalyst Insights Council members say that while health care cost transparency for patients might be necessary, we have to change the way care is delivered.

Where Is "Health" in Health Care Discussions?

Language matters, and most of the talk (and writing) about health care unfortunately leaves out people’s health.

Will Health-Care Law Beget Entrepreneurs?

Thousands of would-be entrepreneurs want to start their own businesses, but are shackled to their current employer by the need for affordable health insurance. The health-care law could ease this 'job lock' in coming years.

Oral Health Care & Psychology Related?

New evidence points to a cause-and-effect relationship between oral health care and mental well-being. People are sensitive to their oral health issues, even if it’s just crooked or yellowing teet…

Letter to the Editor: A few health care ideas

Is There Good Health In Health Care Reform?

People equate the ACA with health insurance changes, but the majority of the law is about change in health care delivery. Many sections address the problem of chronic illness through preventive care provisions, wellness incentives, and the creation of medical care homes (which I address in a future article.)

Health care jobs grow . . . in administration

The health care sector is not only the nation's top job generator, but it's also one of the few major industries producing new jobs at all.