Federal rate setting will add to the serious challenges already faced by full-service health centers.
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Still paying the bills for LePage’s tough talk
The former governor’s hard-line stance on the Riverview Psychiatric Center left the state with an unpaid bill.
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Abortion funding and assisted-dying laws can now go into effect
Maine government will no longer discriminate against poor women who need abortions, or prevent the terminally ill from deciding when they have suffered enough.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Legislators should move forward with MaineCare dental benefit
Adding the coverage to Maine’s Medicaid program has a low cost and high value.
Posted inHealth, Local & State, News
Effort to increase Medicaid patients’ access to opioid treatment is threatened
A provision in federal law designed to control costs – called the upper payment limit – is creating an obstacle.
Posted inHealth, Life & Culture, Local & State, News, Politics
Health care dominates Maine’s legislative session
Democrats control the House and Senate and have a governor who’s on their side. Their priority has been health care, both in policy changes and spending priorities.
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.
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.