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Tag: Health Care

April 21, 2021March 31, 2022 Marrton Dormish

Open Letter to Fellow Broomfield Clergy

Let’s Stay the Course During This Stage of the COVID Pandemic! Good morning, fellow Broomfield faith leaders — as a recent community “vaccine ambassador” partner of Broomfield Public Health (BPH),

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The Inner City Health Center in North Denver serves uninsured and underserved patients from in and around the Denver area. (Marrton Dormish)
October 19, 2012October 24, 2012 Marrton Dormish

Safety net for the safety net

Yesterday, I joined about 200 others for a luncheon celebrating the work of Congregational Health Ministry (CHM) and Inner City Health Center (ICHC). I interviewed Bob Cutillo, the ICHC’s medical director, earlier this year

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Is there a middle way for U.S. health care? (Marrton Dormish)
August 9, 2012December 27, 2020 Marrton Dormish

Who pays for it?

If there is an overarching question in the current health care debate in the United States it is this: Who’s going to pay for it? The financial bottom line—of government programs,

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About The Author

Welcome! My name is Marrton Dormish. (If you're curious about the spelling of my given name, click here.) I'm a fourth-generation Coloradan. Although I was born and raised in Denver, I've lived in Missouri, New Mexico and Spain. In 2004, my family and I moved to Broomfield, Colo., which occupies the ancestral homelands of the Hinono'eiteen (Arapaho), the Tsitsistas (Cheyenne) and the Nuu-ci (Ute) nations.

I serve as a minister of presence, justice and memory at The Refuge, a hub for healing community, social action and creative collaboration that's been serving Broomfield and the North Metro area since 2006. Among other things, I walk alongside and companion people in need, help catalyze local affordable housing efforts, and facilitate “pilgrimages from below” to nearby sites of historical and cultural significance.

My family and I live in a bi-level not far from some beautiful, city-designated open space. Sometimes, we hear coyotes howling in the night.

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