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.
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Maine licensing board puts neurologist on probation
Daniel Bobker’s medical license has been suspended three times in 12 years for drug use.
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Across Maine, prices for the same medical procedures are often staggeringly different
Low patient volumes and scarce competition among providers help make the state one of the most costly for health care in the U.S.
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Maine companies send workers to Boston for health care at ‘fraction of the cost’
Competition among metro-area hospitals pulls prices down, but the outsourcing of patients leads to higher costs in Maine.
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Medical pioneers in Auburn and Lewiston were a mixed bag
In an era of quackery and fraud, early doctors sought to provide health care.
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Maine congressional delegation takes aim at high drug prices
A bill introduced Wednesday by U.S. Rep. Jared Golden to crack down on price spikes is only the latest in a series of measures backed by Maine’s lawmakers to lower the cost of prescriptions.
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Patients slow to warm up to telemedicine, prefer in-person visits
Still, 80 percent of mid-size and large U.S. companies offered the virtual service last year.
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Philip Morris attempts to burnish ailing image
But the tobacco giant still has a strong foil in the World Health Organization.