Legislators respond to accounts of day care reports being ignored by managers for months.
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 panel endorses changes to troubled MaineCare rides system
The bill would make it easier for local nonprofits to win contracts in hopes of fixing the rides-for-poor program.
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Ex-DHHS inspectors say Maine managers ignored child abuse
State officials disagree and say improvements are coming.
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Let police, public give lifesaving drug, Maine panel says
In a party-line vote, the panel endorses a bill to expand who can administer naloxone in an opiate overdose emergency.
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Legislature to subpoena CDC officials in document shredding probe
The Government Oversight Committee votes to issue subpoenas after administration officials decline to answer questions about ordering an employee to shred documents relating to a grant program.
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MaineCare application asks personal questions, such as where a child was conceived
DHHS says questions on the form have a purpose and are not meant to intrude, but others object.
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Access to dental care in rural Maine center of dental therapists debate
A mostly nonpartisan issue in the Legislature has divided hygienists and dentists who argue about the root of the problem: poor access or poor funding.
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Maine dental therapist bill heats up, but impact may be minimal
The program is modeled after Minnesota, which has not seen an influx of dental therapists.
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Maine House votes for new ‘dental therapist’ program
The profession could do limited work on teeth under the bill, aimed at improving access to dental care.
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Maine lawmakers to consider single-payer health care system
Supporters of the bill want to adopt a government-run program, but a critic calls that unwise and expensive.