Pharmacists and others warn of unintended consequences in a bill that aims to reduce medication costs in Maine.
Joe Lawlor
Staff Writer
Joe Lawlor writes about health and human services for the Press Herald. A 24-year newspaper veteran, Lawlor has worked in Ohio, Michigan and Virginia before relocating to Maine in 2013 to join the Press Herald. He is still considered “from away” but since then, he has learned what a “dooryard” is, eaten “whoopie pies” drank Moxie and boiled some “lobstahs.” The stories he enjoys most are when he learns something and meeting inspiring people.
He lives in South Portland - aka “SoPo” - with his wife, Melanie, and two school-age children.
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Hearing draws advocates of lower prescription prices, patient safety
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Panel endorses bill to end most vaccine exemptions for Maine schoolchildren
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The Health and Human Services Committee will take up a bill Wednesday that would eliminate all non-medical exemptions to vaccination requirements for Maine children entering kindergarten.
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Maine Med gets $2.2 million grant to study potential link between common chemicals and teenage obesity
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Pro bowlers show Portland students how to get those strikes, spares
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