RIP Medical Debt uses money from donors to eliminate crushing medical debt.
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Health and lifestyle stories from the Portland Press Herald.
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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.
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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.
Posted inBusiness, Health, Maine, Politics
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.
Posted inBusiness, Health, Maine
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.
Posted inHealth, Nation & World, News
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.
Posted inHealth, Life & Culture, Nation & World
To understand life expectancy decline, start in West Virginia
The state has the distinction of the nation’s highest drug overdose death rate.
Posted inBusiness, Health, Nation & World, Schools and Education
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.
Posted inBusiness, Health, Maine
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.
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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.’