Health - Portland Press Herald

Some Mainers buy coverage, still lack insurance cards

by Joe Lawlor January 9, 2014

Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield says it’s beefed up its call centers to handle the increasing volume of calls.

Passage of a bill that would expand the health coverage faces Republican opposition.

by The Associated Press January 6, 2014

In a major rarity, the U.S. economy grew faster in 2011 and 2012 than did national health care spending.

by Alanna Durkin The Associated Press January 5, 2014

Many may be entitled to insurance, but small towns that can’t afford to pay for it will be facing a burden.

by Jim Doyle St. Louis Post-Dispatch January 5, 2014

Our comparatively shorter, more sickly lives will remain so until there’s a sea change in attitudes.

Those issues, rubbing shoulders with the budget, will dominate the Maine Legislature’s second session, set to begin Wednesday.

A state commission also proposes studying challenges facing long-term care in the state.

by Juliet Williams The Associated Press January 2, 2014

The burden for implementing the law now shifts to insurance companies and health care providers.

by Bloomberg News January 1, 2014

Researchers say doctors might want to prescribe the vitamin for patients in the early stages of the disease.

by Denis D. Gray The Associated Press December 30, 2013

Faraway places may offer cheaper and better care for the millions with irreversible memory loss.