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Health care

Published
December 24, 2018

Secret Santas: Charity buys, erases past-due medical debt

RIP Medical Debt uses money from donors to eliminate crushing medical debt.
Published
December 21, 2018

Federal government approves LePage request for work requirements for Medicaid

The policy shift also could require some of the 258,000 low-income Mainers who receive health insurance under MaineCare to pay monthly premiums.
Published
December 20, 2018

Medication for opioid use disorder Maine’s 2nd-most-prescribed drug

A data set now required by law shows that only a common blood pressure drug topped Suboxone, revealing the depth of the state's opioid crisis, although short-term scripts can skew the figures.
Published
December 19, 2018

King joins 48 senators calling for president to condemn Texas judge’s ACA ruling

Republican Sen. Susan Collins did not sign the letter released Wednesday, but said she disagreed with the judge's finding that the entire Affordable Care Act is unconstitutional.
Published
December 19, 2018

ACA enrollment down slightly in Maine and across the nation

More than 71,000 Mainers signed up for the health insurance coverage, about a 5 percent decrease from last year.

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Published
December 19, 2018

Last-minute scramble for ACA health insurance undampened by court ruling

There was a 4 percent drop from the year before but it was not as great a decline as forecast.
Published
December 17, 2018

The number of high school students who vape surged last year, study shows

Researchers say they've never seen a drug's popularity explode the way vaping did among teenagers.
Published
December 17, 2018

Health services access groups in Connecticut, Maine merging

The combining of Qualidigm and Maine Quality Counts will create a network of offices in New England.
Published
December 15, 2018

Mills decries federal judge’s ruling against Affordable Care Act

Maine's governor-elect calls it a 'backward, poorly-reasoned decision,' but notes that Obamacare 'is still the law of the land.'
Published
December 14, 2018

Affordable Care Act’s future in doubt with ruling that it’s unconstitutional

The ruling by a federal judge in Texas overturns the law nationwide, but is sure to be appealed and is seen as likely to end up before the Supreme Court.