The proposal to limit out-of-pocket spending for insulin was among a package of health care cost-control and pricing transparency measures that drew dozens to a public hearing at the State House.
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: State should not retreat on Maine women’s health
The federal ‘gag rule’ will deny birth control to low-income residents if the Legislature doesn’t act.
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Posted inGreg Kesich, Op-eds, Opinion
The View From Here: Unions shouldn’t fight health care reform
A Nevada union’s self-interested campaign puts it on the side of an unworkable status quo.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Troy Jackson: When it comes to health care, putting Maine patients first is long overdue
The Patients First Health Care package clamps down on fees and puts an end to abusive billing practices.
Posted inHealth, News, Politics
Commission calls for pay hike for workers who provide home care for senior citizens
How much the increase to 125% of the state’s minimum wage would cost the state is not yet clear.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Prostate cancer is not ‘the good cancer’
It is wrong to presume that any cancer is anything but a fearful occurrence in one’s life.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Mental health care system continues to abandon the people who need it
This system has already deprived my father of a purposeful life. Now it has failed the clients of Shalom House.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: An unhealthy trend – fewer Americans have a primary care doctor
People with a family physician are healthier, but the relationship is becoming less common.
Posted inHealth, Local & State, News, Politics
Health groups propose statewide network of ‘low-barrier’ drug treatment clinics
The pilot proposal, which carries a price tag of $920,000, comes at a time when drug overdose deaths appear to be rising again despite efforts to tackle the problem.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Autism center would fill a treatment void
To meet the need, however, lawmakers will have to increase compensation for direct care workers.