Joe Lawlor writes about health and human services for the Press Herald. A 24-year newspaper veteran, Lawlor has worked in Ohio, Michigan and Virginia before relocating to Maine in 2013 to join the Press Herald. He is still considered “from away” but since then, he has learned what a “dooryard” is, eaten “whoopie pies” drank Moxie and boiled some “lobstahs.” The stories he enjoys most are when he learns something and meeting inspiring people. He lives in South Portland - aka “SoPo” - with his wife, Melanie, and two school-age children.
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PublishedJanuary 23, 2020
Advocates for Maine dental bill press Mills for support
An advocacy group presented 1,500 signed postcards to the governor’s office, urging her to back a measure to give dental benefits to adult Medicaid recipients. The change would help roughly 70,000 people receive preventive care.
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PublishedJanuary 22, 2020
Portland’s Shalom House to end mental health program for 170 clients
The nonprofit says Maine’s stagnant Medicaid reimbursement rates led to mounting losses that forced it to close the program that assists adult mental health patients with daily tasks.
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PublishedJanuary 21, 2020
Maine plans to review reimbursement rates for Medicaid programs
Some providers say the rates have been static for years, and are so low that services are at risk.
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PublishedJanuary 19, 2020
New autism center in Portland will aid underserved population
Maine Behavioral Healthcare’s facility opens in 2021 and will serve as many as 700 adult and pediatric patients with intellectual disabilities.
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PublishedJanuary 18, 2020
Parents criticize plan to reconfigure Portland elementary schools
They question the benefits and point to the disruption from converting 8 elementary schools to 4 schools for pre-K through second grade and 4 for third through fifth grade.
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PublishedJanuary 16, 2020
Opponents of Maine vaccine law have big lead in fundraising race
New finance reports for PACs involved in the campaigns over Question 1 show that opponents of the new vaccine law have outraised supporters 5 to 1.
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PublishedJanuary 16, 2020
Lyme disease cases in Maine hit a record high last year
The state had at least 2,079 cases of the tick-borne illness in 2019, well above the 1,852 cases in 2018 – and more reports may come in.
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PublishedJanuary 14, 2020
Flu continues to spread in Maine, with 1,700 cases so far
The state reports that 133 people have been hospitalized and eight have died, with York County reporting the most confirmed cases.
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PublishedJanuary 13, 2020
Portland residents healthier than state norm in some categories, less so in others, report says
They are less likely to smoke, binge drink or be obese, but more likely to have contracted a sexually transmitted disease or die of a drug overdose.
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PublishedJanuary 8, 2020
Democrats submit bill to cut cost of primary and behavioral health care
Under the proposal by Gov. Janet Mills and top Democratic lawmakers, first visits would be free to Mainers with individual or small group Affordable Care Act coverage.
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