Lawmakers expanded the state-run insurance to cover adult dental care in 2022, but a year later, patients struggle to find a dentist who will take them.
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Senate way off base on MaineCare for noncitizens
You want to talk about price tags? Excluding low-income noncitizens from routine health care comes with an unacceptable financial and social cost.
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Posted inLocal & State, Politics
Maine Senate nixes MaineCare coverage for noncitizens
Senators rejected the bill with no debate or roll call vote, despite approval in the House of Representatives on Monday.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Franklin Memorial Hospital intends to apply for critical access hospital status, reduce beds
There will be a public forum from 5-6 p.m. June 28 in the Bass Room at the hospital that will include an overview of the proposal and a question and answer period.
Posted inHealth, Local & State, News
Maine launches campaign to ensure MaineCare recipients don’t lose health insurance
Residents who lost MaineCare eligibility during the COVID-19 pandemic were allowed to continue receiving it, but now they must obtain other health insurance.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, News
Gray fitness trainer, former reality TV contestant, accused of welfare fraud
Jodi Theriault, 42, is accused of obtaining benefits by hiding assets.
Posted inHealth, Local & State
Thousands more Mainers now have access to dental care, but can’t find a dentist
Even before more than 200,000 adults became eligible for MaineCare’s dental benefits this summer, the state was experiencing a dearth of professionals to provide them.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
More Mainers have health insurance, census finds
The uninsured rate declined from 8% to 5.7% from 2019-21 after Maine expanded Medicaid, and is now about half what it was a decade ago.
Posted inHealth
Maine to expand dental coverage for nearly 220,000 adults
The new benefits will cover preventive care in addition to emergencies.
Posted inHealth, Local & State
MaineCare coverage for new mothers extended to 12 months
Currently, Medicaid’s postpartum coverage expires after 60 days, but effective Aug. 1, it will last for a full year after birth.