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Having a harder time accessing health care

WebMaine is experiencing a crisis in access to health care services. While a record number of Mainers now have health insurance, many are finding it difficult or …

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In first year on the job, MaineHealth CEO faced an array …

WebMueller started a few months after a dispute over MaineHealth’s decision to give vaccine doses to out-of-state contractors when early vaccine supplies were …

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National advocacy group blames hospital consolidation …

WebAdvertisement. A Forbes Advisor analysis in 2022 combined 11 key health care cost metrics to try to determine the difference in health care costs by state. By that …

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Maine lawmakers approve slimmed-down version of …

WebFont size +. Maine lawmakers this session approved a bill requiring hospitals and other health care facilities to clearly inform patients that they charge facility fees. It’s …

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Bill on transparency about hospital facility fees takes …

WebThe law, a watered-down version of the original legislation, requires health care facilities to post signs to let patients know that facility fees are being charged. A bill that …

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MaineHealth-Anthem talks show some progress

WebThe two sides had seemed to be making little progress in their talks, but Anthem suggested Monday that might be changing. “We are optimistic that we are …

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Opinion: Fight against climate change requires a broader …

WebClimate change is invisible. When the nation rallied in the late 20th century to clean our air and water, we could see colored and stinking rivers, some even burning, …

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MaineHealth to roll out updated names of hospitals, …

WebMaineHealth announced March 7 that during 2024 it will roll out a unified identity for its hospitals and other entities across its system, making it easier for patients …

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UNE addresses health care shortages with dynamic health …

WebTo reflect this new era of interprofessional education, the University has renamed the grounds to the UNE Portland Campus for the Health Sciences. “This one-of …

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Giving Voice: At Oasis, the two constants are change and …

WebFor the past four years, I have had the privilege of being the primary medical provider at Oasis Free Clinics. I was drawn to Oasis because we have common values. I …

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New national public health strategy to combat rising cases of tick

WebWASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently released the National Public Health Strategy to Prevent and …

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Biden signs executive order to advance study of women’s health

WebWASHINGTON — President Biden signed an executive order Monday aimed at advancing the study of women’s health by strengthening data collection and providing …

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Doctor’s federal lawsuit says Maine Med violated Americans with

WebMaineHealth, the parent organization of Maine Med, disputed the lawsuit’s claims in a statement released Monday afternoon, and said Rappold remains an …

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Brunswick free medical, dental clinic to expand with federal funding

WebFriday marked a milestone for the organization, which started renovations on its new $1.1 million Maine Street clinic, made possible with $833,000 in federal funding …

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Earth is running a fever. And UN climate talks are focusing on the

WebUnder a brown haze over Dubai, the COP28 summit moved past two days of lofty rhetoric and calls for unity from top leaders to concerns about health issues like the …

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Opinion: Maine must approve funding for rape kit tracking system

WebRight now, L.D. 2129, which would meet two pillars by requiring a statewide inventory of untested kits and establishing a rape kit tracking system for newly collected …

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Letter: Time to embrace red flag law

WebCard had a psych in-patient stay and was told to follow up. He didn’t because he didn’t want to go. Thus, increasing access to mental health treatment is helpful but …

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Britain’s King Charles III will resume public duties next week after

WebThe 75-year-old monarch has taken a three-month break from the public eye to focus on his treatment for an undisclosed type of cancer. LONDON — King Charles III …

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Police say no active shooter at Southern Maine Health Care

WebSanford police say reports of an active shooter at Southern Maine Health Care hospital were false. A spokesperson for the department said Friday afternoon they …

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Gorham lawmaker warns Nebraska not to monkey with its …

WebIn Nebraska in 2020, Biden got one electoral vote while Trump picked up one in Maine by winning its 2nd Congressional District. Nebraska’s Republican leadership is …

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Mills signs bill to expand background checks for gun purchases, …

WebThe newly signed law, which the governor proposed in the wake of the Lewiston mass shooting, expands requirements for background checks to include …

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This clinic inside Portland’s homeless shelter is working to treat

WebWaite, 37, knows these halls well. She’s been coming to this clinic run by Greater Portland Health for a monthly shot of Sublocade, a drug used to treat addiction, …

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Paramedic who injected Elijah McClain with ketamine before his …

WebJeremy Cooper faced up to three years in prison. He administered a dose of the sedative ketamine to McClain, 23, who had been forcibly restrained after police …

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As medical perils from abortion bans grow, so do opportunities for

WebNow, Crawford, 38, is working to gather signatures in her home state of Missouri for a ballot initiative in the fall that would enshrine access to abortion and other …

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Hamas reviewing Israeli proposal for cease-fire in Gaza, as possible

WebThe strike killed a man, his wife and their three sons, aged 12, 10 and 8, according to records of the Abu Yousef al-Najjar hospital’s morgue.

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