Lawmakers have wrestled with the question in the last two sessions of the Legislature, but the decision could be made on statewide ballots.
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Posted inBusiness, Local & State
MaineHealth completes hospital consolidation
The initiative will help preserve access to health care in rural areas, officials say.
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Advocates stump for passage of Maine bond to reduce shortage of nurses
Question 4, the $49 million education bond on the November ballot, includes $12 million for nursing programs and training facilities.
Posted inHealth, Nation & World
Desperate & duped? GoFundMe means big bucks for dubious care
GoFundMe says campaigns for medical care are increasing and are among the most numerous on its site.
Posted inElection 2018
What you need to know about the 5 questions on the Nov. 6 Maine ballot
Question 1 would increase taxes to pay for home health care workers; the others are bond issues.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Mercy says it’s raised more than half of the $20 million it needs for a new hospital
The Portland hospital aims to move from its longtime location on State Street to a site on the Fore River Parkway where it already has a 151,000-square-foot building.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-Eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Church of Safe Injection treats drug users as Jesus would have done
He would have offered them sterile syringes, naloxone and nonjudgmental support.
Posted inLocal & State
Augusta’s Riverview Psychiatric Center on track for recertification
The facility’s certification was revoked in 2014, costing the state hospital about $20 million in federal reimbursement money annually.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
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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Starbucks gives workers backup care benefits
The coffee giant will subsidize care for children and adults, which will cost employees $1 per hour.