Many owners would qualify for tax credits or could attract better workers under the coverage that begins in 2015.
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Marijuana trends undermine anti-opioid crusade, drug czar tells Bangor forum
Michael Botticelli formally announces a five-year, $7.5 million grant to help Maine communities fight drug abuse.
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Doctors doing face-to-face house calls – over the Internet
Maine health insurer Anthem makes virtual visits a covered benefit, and the cost-saving, convenient trend may catch on.
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Administration rolls out new version of HealthCare.gov
The federal website offers a streamlined application form, a time crunch for renewing enrollment and at least one error.
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Wal-Mart will offer health-care options
Wal-Mart hopes the health insurance service will get customers into stores for all their health-care needs.
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Media’s hype about Ebola outweighs the actual risk
An expert says the public would do well to worry more about tobacco use or overeating than the virus.
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Spanish nurse is first person to contract Ebola outside Africa
The nurse was part of a team that treated two missionaries who returned to Spain after being infected in West Africa.
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Ebola fear gripping Liberians in Dallas
People close to the stricken man, who is ‘fighting for his life,’ say they’re being shunned by their terrified community.
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Riverview psychiatric patients, looking for refuge, find isolation instead
The Augusta-based facility has relied on the use of seclusion and restraints at comparatively high rates, even as national experts have discredited the methods as harmful to mental health.
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U.S. Ebola risk will remain until 42 exposure-free days pass
DALLAS — Public health officials said Saturday that it would take more than a month before they can declare the risk of Ebola exposure eliminated here after a patient from Liberia was diagnosed last week with the first U.S. case of the deadly virus. Dr. Tom Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and […]