In a March 23 op-ed at centralmaine.com, Dan Bryant responds to coverage of financial crises at St. Mary’s Health System and Central Maine Medical Center, noting that among the many actions being considered, there is . . . read more »
In a February 11 letter to the Portland Press Herald, Dr. Brendan Prast, a Portland primary physician, talks about how medical debt is affecting patients’ ability to get the care they need. Prast urges support . . . read more »
From the Health Justice Monitor, current news in context from Jim Kahn, Emeritus Professor of Health Policy, Epidemiology, and Global Health at the University of California, San Francisco, and Don McCanne, a retired family practitioner . . . read more »
From our allies at One Payer States: Exciting news! And a call to action: This week we got the very exciting news that the State-Based Universal Health Care Act (H.R. 6270 or “SBUHCA”) will be . . . read more »
From the Health Justice Monitor, current news in context from Jim Kahn, Emeritus Professor of Health Policy, Epidemiology, and Global Health at the University of California, San Francisco, and Don McCanne, a retired family practitioner . . . read more »
Want to be on our email list? Sign up here! Health care for all: Through the states Did you know that we have a law on the books that would start the process of creating . . . read more »
Did you know that we passed legislation in 2021 that would start the process of creating a universal health care system for Maine? We didâthanks in no small part to your advocacy! And Gov. Mills . . . read more »
On a recent episode of Knock Knock Hi!, Dr. Glaucomflecken and Lady Glaucomflecken talk with Rep. Katie Porter about health care in the U.S., Medicare for All, Big Insurance, private equity, primary care, how insurance . . . read more »
From the Health Justice Monitor, current news in context from Jim Kahn, Emeritus Professor of Health Policy, Epidemiology, and Global Health at the University of California, San Francisco, and Don McCanne, a retired family practitioner . . . read more »
Scott Schiff-Slater, a family physician in central Maine, knows how the system works and did all the ârightâ things, and was still billed hundreds of dollars more than expected for a medical procedure. â…although I . . . read more »
