WATERVILLE — Gov. Paul LePage on Thursday disputed a claim from a member of the Mid-Maine Chamber of Commerce that hospitals in Maine are struggling, saying they have $800 million worth of projects planned in Bangor, Portland and other areas. “The investment in Augusta has proved to be a massive disaster — they’re the highest […]
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Opioid hospitalization increasing, Maine among top 10 states
Users of opioid painkillers often grapple with risking addiction or living with pain The coast-to-coast opioid epidemic is swamping hospitals, with government data published Tuesday showing 1.27 million emergency room visits or inpatient stays for opioid-related issues in a single year. The 2014 numbers, the latest available for every state and the District of Columbia, […]
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V. Bacon: Save the hospitals
This is in response to the article (March 5) regarding the response Gov. Paul LePage made in defense of his proposed budget that would cut funds to the small hospitals. In the Oxford Hills area, Stephens Memorial Hospital and the Rumford Hospital are the ones residents depend upon for care. I was on Tri-Town Rescue […]
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Maine hospitals say proposed LePage budget will cost them $55 million a year
AUGUSTA — Hospital executives and their representatives lined up Wednesday to say a proposed two-year budget offered by Republican Gov. Paul LePage would damage the state’s health care system and put hospitals deeper in debt if passed by the Legislature. Members of the Legislature’s budget-writing Appropriations Committee and the Health and Human Services Committee are […]
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Chat archive: Should Maine tax its nonprofits?
Live Blog Taxing Nonprofits in Maine AUGUSTA – A tax reform plan by Gov. Paul LePage as part of his 2016-2017 two-year budget proposal is drawing plenty of attention. Among other things the plan would allow cities and towns to apply a property tax to nonprofit organizations that hold more than $500,000 in property. […]
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L. Sanborn, in rebuttal: Turned their backs on health care
The Sun Journal story “More money, less money: The effects of not expanding MaineCare,” (July 20) rightly detailed the negative impact of the state’s decision to turn down federal Medicaid dollars for life-saving health care. It is unfortunate that Gov. Paul LePage and his allies in the state Legislature turned their backs on health care […]
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Central Maine Healthcare seeks capital investor
Source: Maine Health Data Organization * FY2013 figures are preliminary LEWISTON — Last year, Central Maine Healthcare sent out inquiries to five health care organizations asking whether any would consider taking CMHC on as a member, drawing CMHC and its affiliated hospitals and physicians’ offices under their respective umbrellas. None accepted the overture, including neighboring […]
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Maine Medicare expenditures below national average
Maine hospitals are touting new data released by the federal government showing the state delivers health care to seniors more cost effectively than most of its counterparts. A Maine health care cost and quality organization, however, urged examining the numbers from a global perspective. On Monday, Medicare released a trove of data aimed at making […]
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Early chill, spike in fires, storms straining Maine Red Cross resources
BANGOR — Nicole Argraves knew little about the American Red Cross until last month, when her family lost nearly all of their belongings when fire gutted their rented mobile home in Freeport. “I mean, I knew in a vague sense, like everybody does, what the Red Cross does, but (after having) a one-on-one personal experience, […]
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Maine hospitals fare well in emergency care report
PORTLAND (AP) — Emergency care at Maine’s hospitals has received high marks from a national physicians group, even though there is plenty of room for improvement. Maine was ranked third in the nation for providing emergency care services in a report card released Thursday by the American College of Emergency Physicians. The group based the […]