Health care
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PublishedApril 15, 2014
Maine report urges steps to prevent shortage of health-care professionals
A Department of Labor’s Center for Workforce Research and Information report suggests boosting state health-care education enrollment and recruiting more workers from outside Maine.
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PublishedApril 15, 2014
Analysis: Health care law to cost less than expected
A nonpartisan budget analysis shows the cost over the next 10 years at $104 billion less than projected.
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PublishedApril 13, 2014
Florida ophthalmologist eyed over Medicare millions
Dr. Salomon Melgen received more than any other doctor – nearly $21 million – from Medicare.
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PublishedApril 12, 2014
What’s ahead for Affordable Care Act?
Supporters and foes of Obama’s signature legislation are convinced the law's fortunes will turn in their favor.
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PublishedApril 12, 2014
Tour of Maine VA hospital revives issue of background checks
The House Veterans’ Affairs chairman joins Rep. Mike Michaud on Friday and questions a loophole that missed an employee’s felonious past.
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PublishedApril 11, 2014
Sebelius resigning after contentious HHS reign
The Health and Human Services secretary is leaving after five years of battling over health care.
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PublishedApril 11, 2014
MaineCare opioid restrictions seen to sharply cut painkiller abuse
The rules limit prescriptions and doses of the highly addictive painkillers and call for alternative therapies for many patients.
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PublishedApril 10, 2014
Medicare paid 14 Maine doctors at least $1 million each in 2012
And payments statewide totaled $300 million that year, according to data made public for the first time – but much of it goes to costs, not profits.
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PublishedApril 9, 2014
Medicare making some doctors rich; one got $18 million
Officials hope to uncover fraud by releasing data that show how much physicians billed the government.
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PublishedApril 8, 2014
Health care access preserved for Portland’s homeless
Officials say homeless patients will be able to get care at a nonprofit health center as a city clinic scales back services starting next week.
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