Since the end of the legislative session, one of the hot topics behind the scenes is “What happens with Medicaid?” Maine may well be alone in New England next year in not offering coverage to its newly-eligible citizens — 70,000 in Maine’s case — who have no other reasonable chance to access health care. Full-bore […]
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Audits cite serious problems in the state’s day-to-day operations
That’s because the state has no well-documented disaster recovery plan and doesn’t run periodic disaster tests. Thousands of Mainers may be taking advantage of the unemployment system run by the Maine Department of Labor, forcing the state to spend millions of dollars more than it should. Or not. No one really knows. One-third of the […]
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New health insurance co-op in Lewiston readies for business
LEWISTON — In a traditional insurance company, clients buy insurance. At Maine Community Health Options, they also run the place. MCHO, based in Lewiston, is the state’s first health insurance co-op, a nonprofit governed for and by members. Think credit union — but for health insurance. “The members we have may very well be tomorrow’s […]