Health care
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PublishedJune 21, 2017
Senate health-care draft repeals Obamacare taxes, boosts subsidies
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell plans to introduce the draft to Republican senators Thursday.
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PublishedJune 19, 2017
Explainer Podcast: Understanding Medicaid
Portland Press Herald Health and Human Services reporter Joe Lawlor breaks down the complex system and how it works in Maine.
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PublishedJune 18, 2017
Pennsylvania jury awards $870,000 to man after surgeon removes wrong testicle
A spokeswoman for J.C. Blair Memorial Hospital confirms the surgeon no longer works there.
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PublishedJune 16, 2017
Sen. Susan Collins criticizes secretive process of Senate health care replacement bill
Maine's senior senator says she won't vote for the bill being drafted by her Republican colleagues if it hasn't been analyzed by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.
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PublishedJune 15, 2017
MaineHealth cancer network gets $10 million grant from Harold Alfond Foundation
The five-year grant will speed up delivery of services, including access to clinical trials and locating treatment close to patients.
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PublishedJune 14, 2017
Caregivers raise alarm at hearing over proposed changes to Maine’s medical marijuana rules
About 100 people attend the meeting to speak against proposed rules that would tighten the oversight of those who cultivate of medical cannabis.
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PublishedJune 12, 2017
Maine lawmakers vote to add 1 key word to widen access to naloxone
The law passed last year unintentionally prevented pharmacists from prescribing the overdose antidote.
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PublishedJune 10, 2017
Mercy Hospital expansion project won’t start before 2021
The hospital denies that a downgrade of its credit rating affected its plans for an $80 million to $100 million expansion at its Fore River complex.
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PublishedJune 8, 2017
Plan to combine health care systems into one advances at MaineHealth
The boards of nine of the nonprofit's 10 members approve a plan to get feedback from the communities served by MaineHealth affiliates before a final decision is made in the fall.
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PublishedJune 6, 2017
Breast cancer recurrence risk not greater for pregnant women
The study is the largest so far on women whose cancers are fueled by hormones which rise during pregnancy.
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