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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PublishedOctober 14, 2018
Maine’s candidates for governor weigh in on health care policy
How each would tackle Medicaid expansion, the opioid crisis and protecting Maine’s most vulnerable exposes differences.
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PublishedOctober 7, 2018
As lawyers argue Medicaid expansion case, uninsured Mainers forgo health care
Thousands of low-income residents who don’t have health insurance are skimping on medications or passing up on treatment as they wait for access to Medicaid coverage that voters approved 11 months ago.
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PublishedSeptember 25, 2018
Collins’ bills to ban pharmacy ‘gag clauses’ pass House and Senate
President Trump, who has supports the bills and is expected to sign them, said ‘Americans deserve to know the lowest drug price at their pharmacy.’
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PublishedSeptember 24, 2018
Dozens of Kavanaugh protesters arrested at Sen. Collins’ D.C. office
The group chants ‘we will not be silenced’ outside the office of Maine’s senior senator, who later told the media that the Supreme Court nominee’s second accuser should be interviewed under oath.
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PublishedSeptember 21, 2018
Advocacy group makes new legal move to block LePage’s efforts to reject Medicaid expansion
Maine Equal Justice Partners wants a judge to bring in an outside party to amend the state’s expansion plan and short-circuit the governor’s request that the federal government reject the plan.
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PublishedSeptember 19, 2018
UNE professor receives patent for diagnostic test for certain breast cancers
Dr. Srinidi Mohan hopes the patent will lead to clinical trials and a product on the market in five to 10 years.
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PublishedSeptember 18, 2018
Medicaid supporters urge federal agency to ignore LePage letter, approve expansion
Three parties argue in letters that the U.S. government should allow 70,000 more Mainers to get health coverage as state law dictates, despite the governor’s opposition.
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PublishedSeptember 17, 2018
Collins among handful of Republican senators calling for hearing on accusations against Kavanaugh
The hearing is announced just hours after she and several colleagues said the Supreme Court nominee and his accuser, Christine Blasey Ford, should testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
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PublishedSeptember 14, 2018
Rallies held at Sen. Collins’ Portland office as accusation hangs over Kavanaugh
A group of Bowdoin College students marched through downtown to Collins’ office, followed by a second rally with protesters clad in black.
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PublishedSeptember 13, 2018
Race for 1st Congressional District seat tests Republicans’ unity
The party supports its candidate, Mark Holbrook, but independent Marty Grohman also gets Republican backing.
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