Even Maine people with insurance can’t afford to access care, and hospitals are going broke.
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Legal dispute continues over state public health nursing program
The Attorney General’s Office wants a judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed to enforce a law requiring Maine to employ 48 public health nurses, even though the DHHS commissioner says the state supports the program.
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Maine Medical Center plans $59 million medical office building in Scarborough
The 108,000-square-foot building on the hospital’s Scarborough campus would house neurological and other medical specialties.
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Unable to afford diabetes care, Lewiston mother tells Senate committee about her frequent 911 calls
Michelle Dehetre tells the Senate Aging Committee, chaired by Sen. Susan Collins, that she can’t afford the blood sugar monitor and diabetes drugs she needs.
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AMA, Planned Parenthood file suit against Trump over abortion funding
The administration’s new rule would prohibit family planning clinics funded by the federal Title X program from making abortion referrals.
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Mills administration aims to bring Maine CDC back to full strength
DHHS Commissioner Jeanne Lambrew says the LePage administration let 111 jobs in the Center for Disease Control and Prevention – about 25 percent of its workforce – remain vacant.
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Drugmaker will offer half-price insulin in wake of debate over rising drug costs
Eli Lilly’s move is one of the first by a major drugmaker to offer a cut-price version of a major product, and could put pressure on other pharmaceutical companies to do the same.
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Less than 4 years after its own merger, Brunswick health care group considers joining MaineHealth
Mid Coast-Parkview Health, which employs 2,000 people, is facing financial pressure on many fronts.
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To fight cancer, Maine may allow students to use sunscreen in school
Bill would drop requirement that students bring a permission slip before possessing or using sunscreen.
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Rep. Golden lays out his ‘health care road map’
The steps proposed by the first-term congressman from Lewiston range from tweaks to the Affordable Care Act to a Medicare-for-all proposal.