With limited incomes and little or no savings, seniors increasingly depend on government programs and worry who will care for them as they age.
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Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Commentary: Maine hospitals can’t set prices for two-thirds of patients
The government determines the fees for those who are on Medicaid or Medicare or are uninsured.
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: The shifting behind Maine health care costs
Hospitals charge private insurance three times more for the same services paid by Medicare.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Commentary: Help Maine’s hometown hospitals
By passing L.D. 1350, the Legislature can stop imposing unnecessary financial hardship on vital rural facilities.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Dental benefit proposed for Medicaid recipients
A bill introduced in the Maine Legislature would give access to preventive, diagnostic and restorative care for more than 100,000 Mainers.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Asylum support bill invests in Maine’s future
Denying food, rent and health care assistance to asylum seekers won’t make us richer. Helping people get started will help the state grow.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Opioid crisis response needs to help the most vulnerable
Maine legislators should pass a program that gets opioid users who are homeless off the street and into treatment.
Posted inNews, Politics
Committee advances bill to require MaineCare coverage for abortion services
But the party-line vote on the bill, which also would require private insurers to cover abortion costs, will likely spark a fierce debate on the House and Senate floor.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Politics
With 16,000 more Mainers already covered, feds approve state’s Medicaid expansion
Thousands had applied for the health care coverage starting in July, but were rejected by the LePage administration.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Maine Compass: Maine values mean that MaineCare needs to cover abortion care
Access to the full range of reproductive health options is vital to a woman’s ability to decide her own future.