How each would tackle Medicaid expansion, the opioid crisis and protecting Maine’s most vulnerable exposes differences.
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Trump signs Collins’ bills to prevent patients from overpaying for medications
The bills, co-authored by Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, will allow pharmacists to inform customers if paying cash for their prescriptions will be cheaper than using insurance.
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CVS-Aetna deal OK’d by antitrust watchdog
The $68 billion marriage of insurer and drugstore chain won’t harm consumers, the Justice division concludes, with one caveat.
Posted inHealth, Maine, News
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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Judge’s ruling means Missouri clinic can’t resume abortions
The state is down to one clinic performing abortions, and that one is located in St. Louis.
Posted inFood, Health, Life & Culture, Nation & World, News
On any given day, 1 in 3 U.S. adults eats fast food
That’s according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Senate easily passes sweeping opioid legislation, sends it to Trump
The bill, which passed with only one senator opposed, combines dozens of proposals sponsored by hundreds of lawmakers.
Posted inHealth, Nation & World
EPA wants to allow higher radiation exposure, and says it can even be healthy
Proponents of the changes say current restrictions force unnecessary spending for handling exposure in accidents, at nuclear plants, in medical centers and at other sites.
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Studies of healthy people at risk aim to prevent Alzheimer’s
The goal is to try to block the earliest steps of plaque formation in people who show no symptoms of dementia but are at higher risk for it because of a gene that makes it more likely.
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Maine health care provider finds success recruiting nurses from Philippines
Lewiston-based St. Mary’s Health System recently hired 13 nurses to fill persistent vacancies.