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PublishedSeptember 15, 2024
Maine’s long-term care facilities struggle amid labor shortage
The shortage affects nursing home and assisted-living jobs of all kinds, from nurses and personal care assistants, to food service workers and maintenance staff.
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PublishedJune 18, 2024
Number of Americans without health insurance dropped by one-quarter over 5 years
In 2023, 25 million Americans of all ages were uninsured, down from 33.2 million in 2019, according to preliminary survey results released Tuesday by the U.S. National Center for Health Statistics.
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PublishedNovember 14, 2023
Biden administration slow to act as millions booted off Medicaid, advocates say
Texas, Florida and Arkansas account for a quarter of the country's disenrollments.
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PublishedSeptember 28, 2023
Medicaid rolls are being cut. Few are finding refuge in ACA plans.
The Biden administration's prediction of a smooth transition from Medicaid to ACA marketplaces is a reality in a few states – but a myth elsewhere.
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PublishedSeptember 23, 2023
Many states expanding Medicaid programs to provide dental care to their poorest residents
A growing number of states are offering dental care to low-income adults who once had to rely on charity or the emergency room to treat their tooth problems.
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PublishedJuly 30, 2023
Commentary: On anniversary of their founding, we must recognize value of Medicare, Medicaid
About 50% of Mainers benefit from these programs, but we still have far to go to improve our health as a nation, including improvements in life expectancy, preventable hospitalizations and infant mortality.
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PublishedJuly 28, 2023
Nearly 4 million in U.S. cut from Medicaid, most for paperwork reasons
The rolls of the safety-net health coverage were frozen during the pandemic and are being reviewed. Called the 'unwinding,' the blunt process is taking a toll on the health of people with low incomes.
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PublishedJuly 25, 2023
New law will put more dollars into pockets of older, low-income Mainers
About 19,000 Maine residents over 65, many of them low-income women living alone, will be made eligible for the program under the new law.
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PublishedJune 19, 2023
More than 1 million people dropped from Medicaid as states start post-pandemic purge of rolls
More than 93 million people were enrolled as of February.
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PublishedJune 2, 2023
Commentary: Work requirements won’t solve labor shortages
And they do more harm than good, especially among the people they’re supposed to help.
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