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Health care

Published
March 30, 2025

Health care groups push to roll back miscarriage reporting requirements

A MaineHealth official said the current data is ‘underreported and inaccurate.’
Published
March 30, 2025

Lewiston takes aim at mounting needle waste

As some officials call for limitations on needle exchange programs, advocates say changes would harm public health.
Published
March 27, 2025

Saco agency to establish state’s 1st locked residential psychiatric treatment center for children

Sweetser was awarded a $2 million contract from the state to build a center at its campus. It's expected to open next April, filling a crucial gap in services for at-risk children, advocates say.
Published
March 27, 2025

Maine to lose more than $90M in cut to federal health grants

The US DHHS slashed more than $11 billion nationwide, leaving public health officials in Maine and around the nation scrambling to assess the implications.
Published
March 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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Published
March 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.
Published
March 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.
Published
March 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.
Published
March 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.
Published
March 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.