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Dirigo News and Opinion
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Candidates differ on Dirigo, fiscal issues
Questions posed to the candidates vying for the House District 89 seat during a debate Wednesday night ranged from consolidation of schools to gay marriage, the state budget, wind power and predictions for where the country will be in two years.[all dirigo news and opinion]
- Candidates differ on Dirigo, fiscal issues
- Dirigo support picked up late
- Dirigo Health Reverts To Prior Funding Formula
- Supporters push new Dirigo funding
- The search continues for ways to fund Dirigo Health program
- Beverage tax foes fined $10,000
- Dirigo's Future
Editorials
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Florence House will be welcome addition to city
The last few years have been especially tough on Portland's homeless women. With the 2007 closure of the YWCA, the only refuge for one of the city's most vulnerable populations has been a stop-gap shelter at the Preble Street Resource Center.[all editorials]
- Florence House will be welcome addition to city
- Snowe supportive of key stimulus elements
- Final piece in our economic collapse
- Don't fall prey to dependence on legal narcotic drugs
- Maine health care professionals often reach out to help the suffering poor
- State Reimbursement Plan Is Bad Medicine
- Bangor dental health program closure should raise alarm
Election 2008 News
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Baldacci to ask Obama to help Dirigo Health
Gov. John Baldacci says he will ask the new administration of President-elect Barack Obama in January to allow the state to expand the Dirigo Health insurance program using the federal Medicaid program.[all election 2008 news]
- Baldacci to ask Obama to help Dirigo Health
- Airing out their differences
- HOUSE 130: Candidates in race differ on Dirigo health plan
- HOUSE 130: Candidates in race differ on Dirigo health plan
- House District 125: Candidates split on beverage tax, casino
- Pingree, Summers talk NAFTA, health care
- McCain loses debate on health care
Maine Cancer News
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Cancer patients to get help with treatment trips
Cancer patients who live in rural areas often have to travel long distances several times a week for treatment in Bangor or beyond.[all maine cancer news]
- Cancer patients to get help with treatment trips
- A wish for better days
- Calais firefighter finds bone marrow donor
- Relay for Life dinner, ceremony to kick off fundraiser
- County Relay For Life kicks off
- FMH offers training for cancer program volunteers
- Dr. Krull joins oncology services
Maine Children's Health News
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USM closing child-care centers
The University of Southern Maine will eliminate child-care centers on its Portland and Gorham campuses in six months to save $400,000 a year, college officials announced Wednesday.[all maine children's health news]
- USM closing child-care centers
- State cool to expanded public health in schools
- Bill targets 'energy drink' sales to minors
- Study says more Maine teens admit to suicidal thoughts
- Suicidal thoughts on rise in teenagers
- Lawmakers to address public health in schools
- Screenings Find Increase in Teen Suicide Tendencies
Maine Environmental Health News
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Mercury program makes it pay to do the right thing
It always feels good to do the right thing. But it feels even better when you get paid to do it. The state has provided such an opportunity, and it's one that every eligible property owner should try to grab a hold of.[all maine environmental health news]
- Mercury program makes it pay to do the right thing
- Mercury recycling program has silver lining: Store credit of $5
- Cities take extra steps to keep homeless warm
- Arctic blast drives people indoors
- Sub-Zero Weather Drives More Mainers to Shelters
- Dangerous Arctic cold blasts Maine
- State needs parks plan
Maine Health Access News
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Cancer patients to get help with treatment trips
Cancer patients who live in rural areas often have to travel long distances several times a week for treatment in Bangor or beyond.[all maine health access news]
- Cancer patients to get help with treatment trips
- Prescription savings can be difficult to find
- Bangor dental health program closure should raise alarm
- With care, we can cut health costs
- Rep. Treat, others seek to reduce health care costs
- Group cites health-care demand
- TO YOUR HEALTH
Maine Health Insurance News
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Federal cash could expand insurance program for poor children
A bill working its way through Congress could stabilize and possibly allow expansion of a program that provides health insurance for poor children in Maine.[all maine health insurance news]
- Federal cash could expand insurance program for poor children
- Group cites health-care demand
- TO YOUR HEALTH
- Maine group cites health-care demand
- Health Insurers Challenged By Consumer Advocates
- Should state employees pay more for health insurance?
- Dirigo support picked up late
Maine Health Policy News
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State cool to expanded public health in schools
Three bills up for legislative hearings this week would expand the scope of schools' public health responsibilities as schools face shrunken budgets.[all maine health policy news]
- State cool to expanded public health in schools
- Bill looks to expand OUI testing in Maine
- Bill targets 'energy drink' sales to minors
- Snowe supportive of key stimulus elements
- Let budget season begin
- Hospital cuts are mitigated: Baldacci budget drops reductions for smaller hospitals
- Penobscot Bay Medical Center remains on preferred list
Maine Hospital News
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Layoffs announced at Northern Maine Medical Center
Fifty-nine employees at Northern Maine Medical Center are affected by cost-saving measures announced Wednesday morning.[all maine hospital news]
- Layoffs announced at Northern Maine Medical Center
- Hospital layoffs averted
- Hospital cuts are mitigated: Baldacci budget drops reductions for smaller hospitals
- Penobscot Bay Medical Center remains on preferred list
- Leglislators comment on WCGH funding in budget
- Financial woes force NMMC to look at cuts
- Responsible budgeting
Maine Medicaid/MaineCare News
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Let budget season begin
Statehouse budget talks begin again next week.[all maine medicaid/mainecare news]
- Let budget season begin
- State Reimbursement Plan Is Bad Medicine
- Medicaid Failed Computer System To Be Replaced
- DHHS taking wraps off latest Medicaid system
- Lawmakers may cut hospital funds
- Baldacci's budget spreads the 'pinch'
- Panel OKs DHHS budget proposal
Maine Medicare D News and Opinion
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Medicare Part D Promotions Underway
It's that time of year - when the leaves fall, the air turns brisk - and for senior citizens, the onslaught of Medicare Part D mailings begins. That's because Saturday starts the six-week period during which Medicare beneficiaries can renew or switch their drug plans. Details from Josie Huang.[all maine medicare d news and opinion]
- Medicare Part D Promotions Underway
- Unneeded advantage
- Billing crisis continues
- Proposals to lower health care costs unveiled
- Snowe wants government to negotiate drug prices
- ’Fedicare’ questions and answers
- Puzzling Part D is better attacked than ignored
Maine Medicare News and Opinion
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State Reimbursement Plan Is Bad Medicine
I’m disappointed that the subcommittee on hospital funding chose, on Wednesday, Jan. 21, to nonetheless recommend cutting MaineCare reimbursement to 70 percent of what Medicare pays (which is not a whole lot, either). I’m wondering what we primary care physicians in Maine (who, as you know, do the lion’s share of work in caring for this population, while remaining the worst paid physicians in the country) should infer from this decision?[all maine medicare news and opinion]
- State Reimbursement Plan Is Bad Medicine
- Baldacci's budget spreads the 'pinch'
- Panel OKs DHHS budget proposal
- It's time to compare Medicare drug plans
- Department problems not vast or terminal
- DHHS promotes electronic Rx use
- Medicare gridlock looms
Maine Mental Health News
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Study says more Maine teens admit to suicidal thoughts
More Maine teens are admitting to suicidal thoughts.[all maine mental health news]
- Study says more Maine teens admit to suicidal thoughts
- Suicidal thoughts on rise in teenagers
- Screenings Find Increase in Teen Suicide Tendencies
- Okie Double Murder Trial Raises Questions About Punishment
- Defendant says mental health care failed him
- Sister-in-law now AG, judge in AMHI case must step away
- After rehab, life took a sad turn
Maine Mumps Outbreak
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Mumps test first hurdle this semester
College students in Maine who cannot demonstrate that they have received two doses of mumps vaccine will not be allowed to return to their residence halls or classrooms after the winter holiday break.[all maine mumps outbreak]
- Mumps test first hurdle this semester
- UMaine to immunize employees against mumps
- Vermont health officials on alert after Maine mumps outbreak
- Outbreaks of mumps getting worse in Maine
- Mumps outbreak spreads to 12 counties
- At USM, it's get a vaccine, or don't show up for class
- Students at USM await results of mumps tests
Maine Oral Health News
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Close to Home: A charity with teeth
Dr. Gary Howard is all smiles. Howard, owner of Cumberland Dental Arts, recently returned from a 10-day trip to Oaxaca, Mexico, where he joined 30 volunteers who performed corrective surgery for cleft lips and palates and other dental procedures.[all maine oral health news]
- Close to Home: A charity with teeth
- Bangor dental health program closure should raise alarm
- Bangor health advocate moving to Augusta
- Dental Care at Jail Hit
- Bangor suspends oral health program
- Soda and Food Stamps
- Dentist to fill need in rural area
Maine Public Health News
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No more butts on Maine's beaches
The beaches of Maine are not ashtrays and one state senator wants to use the law to bring home the point.[all maine public health news]
- No more butts on Maine's beaches
- Lawmakers to address public health in schools
- POTTY TALK AT STATEHOUSE
- Maine shelters, outreach sites conduct annual homeless count
- Maine's homeless, a snapshot
- Another whooping cough outbreak in Maine
- Whooping cough hits Blue Hill
Maine Seasonal Flu News
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Flu hits Auburn nursing home
Two residents at a local nursing home have confirmed cases of influenza, a spokeswoman said.[all maine seasonal flu news]
- Flu hits Auburn nursing home
- Flu now in Maine
- Kids can see Santa, get flu vaccine
- Free flu shots for soup kitchen patrons
- Root Cellar holding flu shot clinic Friday
- Cold and Flu Medicine for Children a Complex Issue
- Flu shot clinics scheduled
Maine Seniors' Health News
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Stroudwater retirement housing on hold
Add a $30 million retirement community to the list of projects in southern Maine that have stalled in the turbulent economy.[all maine seniors' health news]
- Stroudwater retirement housing on hold
- Grant to enhance Hospice services
- Elderly-housing project on Belfast agenda
- Flu hits Auburn nursing home
- New Dirigo Pines Inn executive named
- Distraction affects drivers, young and old
- Seminar helps caregivers
Maine Substance Use & Abuse News
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Bill looks to expand OUI testing in Maine
All drivers involved in motor vehicle accidents in which someone is seriously injured would have to be tested for OUI under a measure before the Legislature’s Criminal Justice Committee.[all maine substance use & abuse news]
- Bill looks to expand OUI testing in Maine
- Don't fall prey to dependence on legal narcotic drugs
- Maine biotech testing new drug
- Pharmacist gets prison time for morphine theft
- Newport, Corinna eye clinic zones
- Alcoholic energy drink to drop caffeine
- Searsport plans holiday OUI watch
News on MaineCare and DHHS Cuts
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Baldacci discusses cuts
Gov. John Baldacci says there were no easy choices in the cuts he ordered this week in the first step toward addressing a $140 million-plus budget shortfall.[all news on mainecare and dhhs cuts]
- Baldacci discusses cuts
- Deep cuts proposed at DHHS
- DHHS weighs $178 million cut from its $1.9 billion budget
- A Letter Regarding LD 2290
- State budget may not be pretty, but should work
- Budget's fixed, but what about the next one?
- After the budget
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