With limited incomes and little or no savings, seniors increasingly depend on government programs and worry who will care for them as they age.
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Our View: Outbreaks show why public health is so important
A strong public health system can stop an outbreak of infectious disease before it causes real trouble.
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Bill to allow more medical professionals to perform abortions is closer to passage
The bill, which has the support of Gov. Janet Mills but still faces votes in the Senate, comes at a time when other states are restricting access to abortion.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Local & State, News
Golden protests ‘gotcha politics’ move by House leaders
Lewiston Democrat says measures with bipartisan backing should be allowed to go the Senate without tying them to bills the GOP won’t support.
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MaineGeneral Medical Center in Augusta gets high marks from rating groups
The hospital improved on its safety grade from a year ago and garnered accolades for its patients’ experiences.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Politics
Democrats’ bill calls for sweeping review of Maine’s mental health system
Several Democratic lawmakers want a task force to find fixes for a mental health system that has failed to deliver community services decades after major institutions closed.
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Bill to make MaineCare cover abortions headed for passage after close vote in Senate
Gov. Mills is expected to sign the measure, which the House passed last week.
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Our View: The shifting behind Maine health care costs
Hospitals charge private insurance three times more for the same services paid by Medicare.
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Legislators may make preventive treatments for newborns mandatory
Health experts say rising numbers of parents refuse needed vitamin K shots that keep some babies from dangerous bleeding.
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Mercy wins key approval to leave State Street campus for $75 million hospital
The Department of Health and Human Services approves a certificate of need for Northern Light Mercy Hospital to build its new facility on the Fore River Parkway.