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Advocates for Maine dental bill press Mills for support
An advocacy group presented 1,500 signed postcards to the governor’s office, urging her to back a measure to give dental benefits to adult Medicaid recipients. The change would help roughly 70,000 people receive preventive care.
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Maine plans to review reimbursement rates for Medicaid programs
Some providers say the rates have been static for years, and are so low that services are at risk.
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Mills releases bill to boost funds to Maine nursing homes
The governor had held the bill to boost pay of frontline workers over concerns that it might jeopardize federal Medicaid funding.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
The Maine Millennial: Collins should answer for Pharma donations
Maine’s senior senator is among the many lawmakers who have taken campaign cash from the companies that promoted opioid use.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Maine Compass: End insurance wait periods for children’s dental treatment
Tooth decay progresses more quickly in children, making a common insurance industry practice dangerous.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Commentary: ‘Surprise billing’ measures will jeopardize rural Maine hospitals
Federal rate setting will add to the serious challenges already faced by full-service health centers.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Still paying the bills for LePage’s tough talk
The former governor’s hard-line stance on the Riverview Psychiatric Center left the state with an unpaid bill.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Abortion funding and assisted-dying laws can now go into effect
Maine government will no longer discriminate against poor women who need abortions, or prevent the terminally ill from deciding when they have suffered enough.
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Effort to increase Medicaid patients’ access to opioid treatment is threatened
A provision in federal law designed to control costs – called the upper payment limit – is creating an obstacle.