Maine Voices: Patients need to see health care prices to shop for better value

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Published
July 24, 2020

Maine Voices: Patients need to see health care prices to shop for better value

Maine's U.S. senators must include price transparency in the new coronavirus relief bill.
Published
July 16, 2020

Maine Voices: Portland city manager position should be abolished

Decisions that defund public health – like closing the India Street Positive Health Clinic – devalue the needs of Black and Latinx Mainers.
Published
July 12, 2020

Maine Voices: I asked for help. I didn’t realize it was going to come from a patient.

Despite the strain COVID has placed on health care workers, the question ‘Are you OK, Doctor?’ shows the trust that physicians and patients still share.
Published
July 4, 2020

Move to repeal Affordable Care Act ‘just inviting chaos,’ Maine leaders say

Should the U.S. Supreme Court uphold the Trump administration's effort to overturn the law, they say, the consequences would reverberate throughout the health care system.
Published
July 1, 2020

MaineHealth retains A+ bond rating despite pandemic challenges

Ratings agencies S&P Global Ratings and Moody’s Investors Service each endorsed MaineHealth with strong credit ratings.
Published
July 1, 2020

Sen. Sanborn: Access to affordable health coverage critical to combating, containing COVID-19

The need has never been more apparent than it is now, amid a pandemic and an economic downturn.
Published
June 30, 2020

Commentary: Help close the Maine broadband gap – vote for expansion bond

The pandemic has made clear that reliable and affordable internet is a necessity for our livelihood, our education, our health care and our economy.
Published
June 28, 2020

Our View: In Maine, nationwide, COVID exposes built-in racism

It's no coincidence that people of color are far more likely to be infected by the novel coronavirus.
Published
June 19, 2020

Maine CDC warns of rise in hepatitis A cases in 3 counties

York, Somerset and Penobscot counties have gone from zero cases to 26 over the last 4 months.
Published
June 18, 2020

Maine Family Planning weighs appeal in lawsuit over federal ‘gag rule’

A federal judge last week dismissed the nonprofit's legal challenge of a Trump administration rule that puts new restrictions on abortion providers that receive Title X family planning grants.