PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Physicians fighting obesity have long told patients to eat their fruits and vegetables. Now they’re writing prescriptions for it. Health care providers are offering vouchers worth $1 per day to members of low-income families in Massachusetts and Maine participating in a new program. The idea is to boost consumption of fresh […]
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Maine tribe gets $42K to improve health center
PLEASANT POINT, Maine (AP) — The Passamaquoddy Reservation has won a $42,000 federal grant to make improvements to the Pleasant Point Health Center. The money, announced Monday, will be used to upgrade the center’s security system, patient education equipment and medical equipment. The project is funded through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Development Community […]
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Allowed situations to develop
Kenneth Murray (July 29) accuses Democrats of blaming George W. Bush and Dick Cheney for all the problems this country struggles with. I do not believe they caused the horrible mess in the Gulf, the meltdown of our financial system, or the climate change the Earth is experiencing, etc., but I do believe that their […]
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Maine called 9th healthiest state
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — A newly released state health plan calls Maine the ninth healthiest state, up from 16th in 2003. The 2010-2012 State Health Plan released Wednesday by Gov. John Baldacci also ranks Maine sixth best in covering the uninsured, up from 19th in 2002. It says that health care costs still remain too […]
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Obama urges patience as health care law kicks in
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Facing a public still wary of his massive health care overhaul, President Barack Obama urged Americans not to judge the nearly $1 trillion legislation he signed into law last week until the reforms take hold. During an enthusiastic, campaign-style appearance in Maine’s largest city, Obama mocked the pundits and pollsters who […]
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Portland gears up for Obama visit
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — People are already lining up for seats hours ahead of President Barack Obama’s arrival in Maine’s largest city. Obama is speaking late Thursday afternoon at the Portland Expo about how his health care overhaul will help small businesses. Dozens of people showed up early in hopes of getting good seats. Greg […]
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Obama to promote health bill’s business benefits
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is promoting his health care overhaul’s benefits for small businesses as he tries to rally public support behind the new law scorned by Republicans and protesters. A speech Thursday in Portland, Maine, is the second in a series of planned appearances to plug the sweeping changes coming to health […]
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Health and Wealth: Recession or not, some Maine hospitals haven’t skimped on pay for their top people.
LEWISTON — Central Maine Medical Center said it desperately needed money. The year was 2006 and if CMMC didn’t soon get the nearly $27 million the state owed it for providing care to elderly and poor patients, the Lewiston hospital told the Sun Journal it would have to cut community outreach programs. Stop performing expensive […]
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Raise your hand if you want to live in a nursing home
Certified Elder Law Attorney In my many years of practice as an elder law attorney, one thing has emerged as a universal desire of nearly everyone I have met: to stay out of the nursing home. When contemplating aging, most people are quite adamant that they wish to stay in their own home and many […]
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Health care industry kowtows to Obama
The health care industry just flopped on the floor and exposed its belly to President Barack Obama in a craven gesture of submission. Groups such as America’s Health Insurance Plans and the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America — key players in defeating Hillary Care in 1994 — sent Obama a letter voluntarily offering to […]