The government determines the fees for those who are on Medicaid or Medicare or are uninsured.
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Kathleen Parker: Abortion extremism in New York, Virginia paved way for Alabama, Georgia laws
The conservative states’ restrictions follow efforts elsewhere to reduce medical oversight of late-term abortions.
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Maine Voices: Consumer utility takeover will break CMP/Iberdrola stranglehold
Rep. Seth Berry’s bill offers an alternative to monopolies that provide poor service and raise rates.
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Maine Voices: Stigma kills when the disease is substance use disorder
The sober house proposed in Falmouth is one of many places where Mainers are learning to manage a chronic illness made worse by public misunderstanding.
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Commentary: One racist slogan fuels violent extremism of many kinds
A French travel writer’s ‘Great Replacement’ theory has inspired white-identity terrorists as far away as New Zealand.
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The View From Here: The year after the Year of the Woman
A state Equal Rights Amendment failed on a party-line vote, showing that abortion remains the biggest fault line in our politics.
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Maine Voices: Three chapters, a century of history and a choice for America
Will our nation remain the vanguard of Western civilization? Only if we uphold free enterprise and American exceptionalism.
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Commentary: Primaries will more accurately reflect Maine voters’ presidential preferences
Many communities have simply outgrown our traditional caucus system.
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Commentary: Mainers Feeding Mainers is growing businesses, supporting communities in rural Maine
But without ongoing state funding, the partnership between farmers and hunger-relief programs faces an uncertain future.
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Maine Voices: Jesus built bridges, and so should we
Local churches are resisting Franklin Graham’s message and proclaiming a more inclusive kind of Christianity.