The drug pricing program can be a prescription for profit when hospitals consolidate.
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Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
We must not be taken in by claims of Medicaid fraud | Opinion
Vast cuts to health care made on this spurious basis will harm Mainers and all Americans.
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Posted inHealth, Local & State
Maine community paramedicine in doubt after federal cuts
The programs, in which EMS workers make home visits to patients, have helped curb expensive hospital visits, providers say.
Posted inHealth, Local & State, News
Maine kids face long wait for specialized care after clinic closes in Augusta
Advocates are rallying to restore diagnostic services after the closure of MaineGeneral Health’s Edmund Ervin Pediatric Center.
Posted inLocal & State
Providers fear Medicaid cuts could worsen Maine’s health care access crisis
Tens of thousands of residents in the state could lose health insurance under the budget proposal before Congress.
Posted inBusiness, Health, Local & State
As Maine diversifies, so does its health care workforce
The number of workers in health care in Maine identifying as non-White is up 143% in the past decade.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Ervin Center closure a terrible loss for Maine’s children | Opinion
The Edmund N. Ervin Pediatric Center has helped tens of thousands of young Mainers with complex neurodevelopmental problems.
Posted inBusiness, Health, Local & State, News
MaineGeneral Health cutting mental health, disabilities services for children
Advocates say key diagnostic services for children will be harder to obtain, placing the blame for the cuts on the Mills administration.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Birthing unit closures a terrible omen for Maine hospitals | Douglas Rooks
This is what can happen when profit comes before people.
Posted inAmy Calder, Columns, Local & State, Morning Sentinel
After years of giving, a Waterville man’s wish granted
Michael Williams of Waterville, who suffers with a terminal illness, applied for and was granted a wish for his daughter and grandson to visit him from North Carolina, Amy Calder writes.