The Affordable Care Act is working well for many Mainers, especially those whose health insurance premiums were high, or who had pre-existing medical conditions preventing them from being covered. However, there are a significant number of people and their families who have been blocked from having health coverage at all. Gov. Paul LePage vetoed the […]
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MaineCare ride program off to better start with new broker
LogistiCare scheduled roughly 40,000 rides to doctor’s offices, therapy and other MaineCare-related appointments around Maine in the last week of August. According to the state’s figures, it missed 40. “We’d like to get it down to zero missed trips, (but) it’s a much healthier number than we were a year ago,” Stefanie Nadeau, director of […]
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License issued to embattled mental health facility after review
RUMFORD — State regulators said they found no major problems during their periodic review of a mental health facility accused of cheating the state out of funding. Last week, Oxford County Mental Health was issued a summons by the U.S. District Court in Portland to answer a former employee’s allegations that the nonprofit did not […]
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State House candidates get start on fall campaigns at Lewiston forum
LEWISTON — Candidates hoping to win a seat or re-election to the Maine Legislature later this year made one of their first public forum appearances during a Maine People’s Alliance forum at the Lewiston Public Library on Thursday. The two-hour event was dominated by Democratic incumbents, but at least one Republican and one independent candidate […]
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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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F. Lewis: Where are the jobs?
I realize that the brainiac Gov. Paul LePage tries to save money and spend it at the same time, but it doesn’t work that way. LePage says there are about 12,000 people who shouldn’t be collecting food stamps; they have to get jobs. What a laugh. Where in the heck does he think he is […]
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MaineCare ride program offers bonuses to workers who stay as contract ends
LEWISTON — The company that lost the state contract to broker rides for MaineCare patients after thousands of complaints and missed pickups has offered bonuses to employees who stay on and keep answering the phones through next week. At least one lawmaker wants to know who’s paying for it. Coordinated Transportation Solutions’ $28 million, yearlong […]
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More money, less money: the effects of not expanding MaineCare
The head of the Portland Community Health Center and her chief financial officer sat down last week to figure out which bills they could pay. They don’t have the money to pay all of them. More than half of their patients are uninsured, up from about 30 percent a few years ago. The health center […]
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Maine Dental Health Out-Reach receives $1,000 grant
WINTHROP — Maine Dental Health Out-Reach, Inc. recently received a $1,000 grant from the Northeast Delta Dental Foundation to purchase oral hygiene supplies. This grant will provide necessary assistance to Maine Dental Health Out-Reach’s Dental Hygiene Services for School Children mobile program. “The mission of Maine Dental Health Out-Reach is to improve the oral health […]
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More than 5,000 applicants waiting for MaineCare acceptance
AUGUSTA — Thousands of Mainers are waiting to find out if they’re eligible for Medicaid coverage, potentially putting off needed medical care while state and federal officials sort out the bureaucratic backlog. Nationally, more than 6 million low-income Americans have gained Medicaid coverage through an expansion of the health insurance program under the Affordable Care […]