Bill on transparency about hospital facility fees takes effect without Gov. Mills’ signature
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by Kay Neufeld
18h ago
The law, a watered-down version of the original legislation, requires health care facilities to post signs to let patients know that facility fees are being charged ..read more
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Maine’s high court upholds COVID vaccine mandate for EMS personnel
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by Randy Billings
18h ago
A group of emergency medical personnel challenged the 2021 vaccine mandate, but the Maine Supreme Judicial Court says a state board had full authority to impose the rule ..read more
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Supreme Court conservatives appear skeptical that law requires emergency abortions
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by LINDSAY WHITEHURST - Associated Press
2d ago
It was unclear whether members of the conservative majority were swayed by the Biden administration's argument that federal law overrides the state in rare emergency cases where a pregnant patient's health is at serious risk ..read more
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The fate of emergency abortion care rests with Supreme Court
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by Dan Diamond, Ann E. Marimow and Caroline Kitchener - The Washington Post
2d ago
Justices will hear arguments over whether the Biden administration can penalize hospitals that fail to provide emergency abortions ..read more
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Maine reaches a milestone for school-required vaccinations
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by Joe Lawlor
3d ago
The state's K-12 schools reached 'herd immunity' – when at least 95% of a population is vaccinated – for the first time since 2011, health officials said Tuesday ..read more
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Gov. Mills signs bill protecting providers of abortion and gender-affirming care
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by Rachel Ohm
3d ago
The proposal drew significant debate in the Legislature this session as well as opposition from out-of-state Republican attorneys general who called it 'constitutionally defective ..read more
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Madison residents, officials object to planned clinic offering methadone
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by Jake Freudberg
3d ago
Acadia Healthcare is under contract to buy 2 Old Point Ave., the former Taylor’s Drug Store, where it plans to open a behavioral health clinic offering medication-assisted treatment and other services ..read more
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Use of antipsychotics in Maine nursing homes increases
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by Rose Lundy - The Maine Monitor
5d ago
After an initial crackdown and decline, the rate of the powerful medications given to nursing home residents has ticked back up in recent years ..read more
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Maine lawmakers approve slimmed-down version of hospital facility fee bill
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by Joe Lawlor
1w ago
The measure now goes to Gov. Janet Mills, who has not yet taken a position on the bill ..read more
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A blood test to detect cancer? Some patients are using them already.
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by Marlene Cimons - The Washington Post
1w ago
These new cancer detection blood tests – about 20 are in various stages of development – measure cancer 'signals,' which are biological substances shed by cancers such as fragments of tumor DNA ..read more
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