Health care
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PublishedApril 3, 2018
Groups press LePage to file Medicaid expansion plan as time runs out
Advocates for expansion keep pressure on the administration to act as Attorney General Janet Mills announces a $35 million windfall that she says could fund the program through the current two-year budget.
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PublishedApril 2, 2018
Studies link legal marijuana with fewer opioid prescriptions
Researchers find that Medicare patients in states with marijuana dispensaries fill prescriptions less often than in other states.
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PublishedApril 1, 2018
Soaring premiums send thousands in Maine over a health care cliff
Insurance costs have grown by as much as 110 percent for those who earn too much to receive Affordable Care Act subsidies.
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PublishedMarch 29, 2018
Bill would undo LePage’s minimum age for buying overdose antidote without a prescription
The measure from House Speaker Sara Gideon would allow all Mainers, not just those 21 or older, to obtain naloxone as the state deals with an opioid crisis.
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PublishedMarch 27, 2018
Portland Planning Board clears way for Maine Med’s big expansion
The $512 million project is expected to get underway in May and will require detours around a one-block section of Congress Street that will close for eight weeks.
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PublishedMarch 27, 2018
Yucky ducky? Study reveals bath-time toy’s dirty secret
Researchers say those cute yellow bath-time rubber ducky toys are — as some parents have long suspected — a haven for nasty bugs.
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PublishedMarch 26, 2018
Maine Medical Center seeks key city approval for phase 1 of big expansion
The $512 million construction project, to be considered by the Planning Board tonight, would cause a section of Congress Street to be closed from early May to late June.
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PublishedMarch 23, 2018
Lobbying by Washington state drugmaker pays off in budget bill
A provision in the bill props up the price that Medicare pays for a handful of medications.
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PublishedMarch 21, 2018
Health care fixes that secured Sen. Collins’ vote on tax bill are in jeopardy
She tries to rally support as her bill to bolster deteriorating ACA marketplaces stalls despite Republican promises it would pass if she backed tax reform.
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PublishedMarch 15, 2018
FDA moves to lower nicotine levels in cigarettes to make them less addictive
It is described as a 'historic first step' to make cigarettes minimally addictive or nonaddictive.
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