John Richardson

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Published
March 23, 2010

Portland emergencydetox team wins funds

The program will include two outreach workers equipped with a van and two outreach workers who will be on foot in the downtown area.
Published
March 23, 2010

Mainers wait and wonder:How will reform affect us?

Terri Grover of Portland watched from her home Sunday night as Congress finally passed health-care reform legislation. She didn’t realize that her 22-year-old daughter, a senior at Bates College, was glued to the television, too. “My daughter called from college last night at 10:45 and said, ‘They passed it, they passed it! Does that mean […]
Published
March 20, 2010

Maine delegation’s only ‘undecided’ is feeling heat over health care vote

Maine’s congressional delegation appeared to be falling along party lines Friday as the debate over national health care reform headed toward its conclusion. Supporters and opponents of the legislation were keeping the pressure on, nonetheless. Rep. Mike Michaud, a Democrat representing Maine’s 2nd District, was still officially undecided on Friday, two days before the House […]
Published
March 19, 2010

Anthem rates serve as rallying cry for reform

PORTLAND — More than 200 people rallied in a downtown park Thursday to protest Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield’s rising health insurance rates and demand national reforms. “Our leaders need to stand up to Anthem and stand up for the people of Maine,” said Sarah Holland of Camden, drawing cheers from the crowd. “A […]
Published
March 9, 2010

City Council urges spreading aid wider

A panel on community grants is asked to rethink how it distributes funding to social service agencies.
Published
March 8, 2010

Doctors to train in simulation center

The $5.82 million facility is expected to open this fall at Maine Medical Center’s Brighton Avenue campus.
Published
March 7, 2010

Anthem, public assess reasons for hiking rates

Costly new drugs and treatments are big pieces of the puzzle, but activists also blame high profits.
Published
March 7, 2010

Policy holders feel fiscal, physical pain

Facing a possible hike in already unaffordable premiums, an Old Orchard woman puts off care.
Published
March 4, 2010

Feast for the Children

Event to raise money for a school in Sudan
Published
March 1, 2010

Catholic church to end flu precautions

Maine’s Catholic Church will soon go back to the traditional ways of passing the peace and sharing mass.

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