Even in ‘odd’ years, powerful political forces drive elected officials away from common ground.
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Posted inHealth, Local & State, News
Legal dispute continues over state public health nursing program
The Attorney General’s Office wants a judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed to enforce a law requiring Maine to employ 48 public health nurses, even though the DHHS commissioner says the state supports the program.
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Posted inBusiness, Health, Local & State, News
Maine Medical Center plans $59 million medical office building in Scarborough
The 108,000-square-foot building on the hospital’s Scarborough campus would house neurological and other medical specialties.
Posted inHealth, Local & State, News, Politics
Unable to afford diabetes care, Lewiston mother tells Senate committee about her frequent 911 calls
Michelle Dehetre tells the Senate Aging Committee, chaired by Sen. Susan Collins, that she can’t afford the blood sugar monitor and diabetes drugs she needs.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: To protect public health, end non-medical vaccine opt-outs
Legislation making immunizations a condition of starting school will help keep Maine children and their neighbors safe.
Posted inHealth, Nation & World, Politics
AMA, Planned Parenthood file suit against Trump over abortion funding
The administration’s new rule would prohibit family planning clinics funded by the federal Title X program from making abortion referrals.
Posted inHealth, Local & State, News, Politics
Mills administration aims to bring Maine CDC back to full strength
DHHS Commissioner Jeanne Lambrew says the LePage administration let 111 jobs in the Center for Disease Control and Prevention – about 25 percent of its workforce – remain vacant.
Posted inBusiness, Health, Nation & World
Drugmaker will offer half-price insulin in wake of debate over rising drug costs
Eli Lilly’s move is one of the first by a major drugmaker to offer a cut-price version of a major product, and could put pressure on other pharmaceutical companies to do the same.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
The Maine Millennial: There’s a better way to do health care
For-profit health insurance and pharmaceutical companies don’t deliver for everyone.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Jim Fossel: Maine Democrats have not learned their lesson
Expensive programs and tax increases will alienate moderates.