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PublishedOctober 15, 2018
U.S. wants drug prices in TV ads: ‘Patients deserve to know’
Direct-to-consumer advertising of drugs has been allowed in the U.S. for two decades. Ads are required to list side effects but not prices.
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PublishedOctober 15, 2018
Scarborough company on front lines of battle against the flu
Abbott makes easy-to-use tests that quickly diagnose the strain, allowing treatment to begin in the crucial early stage of the illness.
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PublishedOctober 14, 2018
Democratic candidates go all-in on health care as focus of campaigns
Democratic arguments about health care are resonating with voters in the final weeks before the midterm elections.
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PublishedOctober 14, 2018
Maine’s candidates for governor weigh in on health care policy
How each would tackle Medicaid expansion, the opioid crisis and protecting Maine's most vulnerable exposes differences.
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PublishedOctober 11, 2018
Central Maine health centers awarded $391,000 to help with substance abuse treatment
The supplemental federal money will enhance services at 11 community health centers.
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PublishedOctober 10, 2018
Trump signs Collins’ bills to prevent patients from overpaying for medications
The bills, co-authored by Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, will allow pharmacists to inform customers if paying cash for their prescriptions will be cheaper than using insurance.
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PublishedOctober 10, 2018
CVS-Aetna deal OK’d by antitrust watchdog
The $68 billion marriage of insurer and drugstore chain won't harm consumers, the Justice division concludes, with one caveat.
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PublishedOctober 9, 2018
Kidney care center to debut in Gardiner
Fresenius Kidney Care is the first project to be completed on the former T.W. Dick Co. parcels on Summer Street.
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PublishedOctober 7, 2018
As lawyers argue Medicaid expansion case, uninsured Mainers forgo health care
Thousands of low-income residents who don't have health insurance are skimping on medications or passing up on treatment as they wait for access to Medicaid coverage that voters approved 11 months ago.
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PublishedOctober 2, 2018
Studies of healthy people at risk aim to prevent Alzheimer’s
The goal is to try to block the earliest steps of plaque formation in people who show no symptoms of dementia but are at higher risk for it because of a gene that makes it more likely.
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