For next year, premiums in the health insurance marketplaces are expected either to drop or increase by less than 10 percent in 41 states with about 9 million customers.
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Health and lifestyle stories from the Portland Press Herald.
Posted inHealth, Maine, News
Hospitals’ illegal rejection of mentally ill patients puts spotlight on Maine’s chronic lack of services
Health care experts say the incidents in Lewiston point to weaknesses and gaps in a system that’s unable to meet demand and forces people into emergency departments and jails.
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Posted inHealth, Maine, News
Hot and dry weather apparently hampering ticks that carry Lyme disease
Lyme cases are down through the month of July compared to the same period last year, and experts suspect it’s because ticks that carry the disease are lying low.
Posted inHealth, Nation & World
Study shows health, reaction-time declines among firefighters
Fatigue levels reached a point where it sometimes took firefighters twice as long to react.
Posted inHealth, New England, Schools and Education
Temporary rules in place for New Hampshire’s Medicaid to Schools expansion
Nearly two-thirds of the state’s schools participated in the more limited program in 2017.
Posted inHealth, Maine, News
Lewiston hospitals illegally turned away patients experiencing mental health crises
Central Maine Medical Center and St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center both have both pledged to change their policies and increase staff education to eliminate the ‘patient dumping’ that is illegal under federal law.
Posted inHealth, Maine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Kavanaugh would endanger women’s right to make nuanced pregnancy choices
Termination might be the best option when a developing child has a debilitating condition or when delivery would pose a risk to the mother.
Posted inHealth, Maine
Mainers urged to avoid mosquito bites after West Nile is found in mosquitoes in Kittery
It is the first direct confirmation this year that the disease is being carried by mosquitoes in Maine.
Posted inHealth, Maine, News
Officials confirm year’s first case of West Nile virus in Maine
A person from Cumberland County tested positive for the mosquito-borne virus, but probably contracted it out of state, says the state CDC.
Posted inHealth, Nation & World
Study detects potent pot ingredient in breast milk
The substance could affect brain development in infants, researchers say.