Maine department of health and human services
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PublishedDecember 14, 2018
Mills names Mainer with White House experience to lead state’s ‘most important department’
The incoming governor says she will nominate Jeanne Lambrew, who grew up in Cape Elizabeth, to head the Department of Health and Human Services.
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PublishedDecember 12, 2018
Court master moves to block state’s funding plan for new psychiatric facility
Daniel Wathen says Maine DHHS wants to pay a contractor to run the facility with $5.4 million that is supposed to fund community-based services.
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PublishedDecember 9, 2018
Another View: State statistics don’t fully reflect impact of Lyme disease
The problem is much more serious than public health officials and doctors are willing to admit.
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PublishedDecember 7, 2018
Maine increases payments to providers treating opioid use disorder
Treatment experts applaud the move, but say it took the LePage administration too long to make significant investments in expanding treatment, given the severity of the opioid epidemic.
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PublishedDecember 7, 2018
Head of Maine’s botched unemployment system named to top child welfare post
John Feeney oversaw the roll-out of a new unemployment system last year and is now COO of the state Office of Child and Family Services.
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PublishedDecember 7, 2018
Maine Voices: Future looks brighter for how we assist the homeless, but first they must survive winter
Come spring, let's hope we've made real progress toward restoring the social safety net that's currently in tatters.
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PublishedNovember 11, 2018
Composer creates a classical ode to the Allagash
Nate Saunders first saw the Allagash Wilderness Waterway as a teenager.
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PublishedOctober 24, 2018
Letter to the editor: Mary Mayhew’s appointment to head Medicaid nationally is a threat to public health
Here in Maine, she worked to cut Medicaid spending, opposed its expansion and reduced DHHS staff.
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PublishedOctober 17, 2018
Our View: Mary Mayhew brings Maine failures to Washington
The new federal Medicaid director will pursue the same agenda she did here, focused more on cost savings than care.
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PublishedOctober 15, 2018
Mary Mayhew, who opposed Medicaid expansion in Maine, named to head nation’s Medicaid program
She restored her agency's fiscal health as DHHS commissioner for Gov. LePage, but critics say she also tore a hole in the social services safety net.
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