Health care
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PublishedMarch 26, 2025
InterMed wants patients to be kinder. We need more from doctors, too.
If medical offices provided more help navigating our health care system, they might see fewer frustrated patients.
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PublishedMarch 24, 2025
Medicaid faces threats at state and federal levels
'There’s no room to absorb additional costs' in Maine’s health care system, one health care executive says.
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PublishedMarch 24, 2025
Maine lawmakers urged to keep children from languishing in hospital emergency departments
A bill sponsored by Sen. Joseph Baldacci, D-Bangor, would create 3 'crisis centers' to reduce the number of children stuck in hospitals with no place to go.
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PublishedMarch 23, 2025
Doctors, patients finding relief by switching to direct primary care physicians
Though providers and patients in direct primary care prefer the model, it does not replace all medical services.
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PublishedMarch 22, 2025
Tick activity surges in Maine with arrival of warmer weather
If you spot a tick right now, it's most likely an adult deer tick, which can transmit Lyme disease.
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PublishedMarch 18, 2025
Medicaid cuts would be devastating, Rep. Pingree, health care providers and patients say
A bill that will likely include substantial cuts to the program has passed the U.S. House and will be considered by the Senate this year.
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PublishedMarch 16, 2025
As birthing units continue to close, potential solutions emerge
In rural Maine, cross-training staff, incorporating more independent providers, and expanding training are some of the solutions being proposed.
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PublishedMarch 14, 2025
Officials weigh economic impact of Waterville hospital closure
Northern Light Inland Hospital will close June 11, putting 309 employees out of work.
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PublishedMarch 13, 2025
Waterville’s Northern Light Inland Hospital to close in June
The hospital had diminished its outpatient and maternal care services in recent months.
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PublishedMarch 12, 2025
Think Maine therapists and Realtors are all raking it in? Not exactly
Even the industries that have seen increased demand since the pandemic have faced their own sets of challenges.
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