Tightening eligibility for the federal health care program would save the state $33 million while making it one of the stingiest in the nation for helping able-bodied poor adults.
Joe Lawlor
Staff Writer
Joe Lawlor writes about health and human services for the Press Herald. A 24-year newspaper veteran, Lawlor has worked in Ohio, Michigan and Virginia before relocating to Maine in 2013 to join the Press Herald. He is still considered “from away” but since then, he has learned what a “dooryard” is, eaten “whoopie pies” drank Moxie and boiled some “lobstahs.” The stories he enjoys most are when he learns something and meeting inspiring people.
He lives in South Portland - aka “SoPo” - with his wife, Melanie, and two school-age children.
Posted inHealth, Local & State, News
Barriers discourage Maine doctors from providing Suboxone to opioid addicts
Financial and other disincentives make it ‘a lot to ask,’ but recent progress that includes more funding for medication-assisted treatment offers signs of hope.
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Posted inHealth, Local & State, News
Maine seventh-graders will need a new vaccine next school year
Forty-seven other states already mandate a booster shot for diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis, the last of which has surged in the state.
Posted inHealth, Local & State, News
Mainers are signing up for Obamacare in record numbers
Enrollment may surpass the 2016 total by 10 percent, even as Donald Trump and Congress prepare their repeal effort.
Posted inHealth, Local & State, News
Even amid crisis, opioid makers plied doctors with perks
The practice raises ethical questions, and even fellow doctors frown upon Maine’s top 2015 beneficiary, a Manchester physician who not only prescribes painkillers but also treats addiction.
Posted inHealth, Local & State, News
Efforts to influence doctors used to happen more
Health organizations have started clamping down on the drug company practice, though it remains an issue.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Politics
Collins draws contrast with Trump on Russia, Affordable Care Act
The Republican senator says Russian interference in the presidential election is a ‘very serious concern’ and that the health care law should not be repealed without a viable substitute in place.
Posted inLife & Culture, Local & State, News
Nativity pageant unfolds in Portland, unchanged over 90 years
The pageant has been the First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church’s Christmas gift to the community since 1926.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Flash freeze could make morning commute hazardous
After reaching nearly 50 degrees Sunday afternoon, temperatures are forecast to plummet overnight.
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Quick overnight freeze could make driving conditions hazardous Monday
After reaching nearly 50 degrees Sunday afternoon, temperatures are expected to plunge to about 10 degrees.