Leaders say higher reimbursements would let them hire more workers and assist more of the 1,264 people seeking services.
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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Maine used to be a leader in caring for adults with intellectual handicaps. What went wrong?
The state has been scaling back its support for years, forcing families onto years-long waiting lists and potentially creating ‘mini-Pinelands, all over the state.’
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Sen. Collins has ‘reservations’ about privatizing Medicare, repealing health care law without replacement
Those positions would put Maine’s Republican senator at odds with party leaders, who are expected to pursue both initiatives in the new year.
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Not an election, but still a big turnout for Bernie Sanders in South Portland
Adulation is evident in the crowd as the former presidential candidate talks about populist topics and promotes his new book.
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Maine’s rural hospitals struggling to survive seismic changes in health care
As technology and health care trends drive patients to larger hospitals for most surgical procedures, the state’s smaller, local hospitals are left with few options for maintaining their own financial health.
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FairPoint laying off workers in northern New England
Between 35 and 49 people in Maine are expected to be laid off by the telecommunications company, which settled a contentious strike last year.
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Drug overdose deaths in Maine now averaging 1 a day
Deaths this year – mostly from heroin, prescription opioids and fentanyl – totaled a record 286 through September, amid calls for more action to alleviate the crisis.
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White House visit by Portland addiction collaborative could pave the way to opioid funding
Portland, if it gets the grant, will be among the first Pay for Success programs to address the growing opioid epidemic.
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Federal agency removing pain management survey questions to address opioid crisis
Sen. Susan Collins of Maine was among the senators who initiated the effort to ask the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to change the questionnaire hospitals give to discharged patients.
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Federal law may supersede new Maine rule denying lottery winners food stamps
The state Department of Health and Human Services announces a new rule that would terminate benefits for winners of $5,000 or more.