Health care

Published
October 24, 2013

Maine expo offers healthy information and recognizes heroes of care

The Health and Wellness Expo on Nov. 3 also will benefit the Good Shepherd Food Bank and Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital.
Published
October 23, 2013

Obama calls Mr. Fix-It to help health care site

Jeffrey Zients, who has a knack for taming bureaucratic backlogs, has come out of a temporary retirement and quietly dived into his new assignment.
Published
October 23, 2013

MaineCare rides contractor understated complaint numbers

But the company says it was not being deceptive when it reported a small fraction of the 3,662 calls in August for erratic service.
Published
October 22, 2013

Builders of Obamacare website saw red flags

Insider interviews and a review of technical specifications finds a mind-numbingly complex system put together by harried programmers.
Published
October 22, 2013

MaineCare complaint log: Serious consequences for ride glitches

There's also a discrepancy between the official log, which shows 266 complaints, and the thousands of complaint calls actually made.
Published
October 21, 2013

Maine kept in dark on health care sign-up data

U.S. officials won’t provide numbers until November, leaving a state panel unsure if more public-awareness efforts are needed.
Published
October 21, 2013

Health-care site problems ‘are being fixed,’ Obama says

The White House also appears to open the door to the possibility that people facing website problems might be exempted from the penalty for remaining uninsured after March 31.
Published
October 21, 2013

Interest in heath exchange remains high in Maine

The Obama administration’s top Health and Human Services official for New England briefs lawmakers and health care experts.
Published
October 21, 2013

Experts called in to try to fix health care website

President Obama will address the site’s technical problems today.
Published
October 20, 2013

Health insurance marketplaces lure fraudsters

Consumers are warned to go only to the official government-run websites and be alert for scams.

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