Health Care News

LTE: Kudos to the Maine Medical Association’s call for reform

September 29, 2023

The health policy statement – in favor of universal care – shows that the group recognizes the need to put patients’ and caregivers’ interests first. The Maine Medical Association is to be commended for its . . . read more »

ME Monitor: ‘Tell us your health care story’

September 1, 2023

Maine Monitor reporter Emily Bader wants to hear from Mainers about their health care experiences, especially with delays and other issues obtaining care. The Maine Monitor is a nonprofit news outlet published by the Maine . . . read more »

Martin’s Point settlement and Medicare Advantage ‘shortcomings’

August 6, 2023

Portland Press Herald reporter Joe Lawlor digs into what the recent Martin’s Point settlement for billing fraud shows us about Medicare Advantage (8/4/23): The Medicare Advantage insurance program that is at the heart of this . . . read more »

Martin’s Point to pay $22 million for Medicare Advantage fraud

August 3, 2023

Martin’s Point, a nonprofit that provides primary care in southern Maine and New Hampshire and also enrolls about 60,000 patients in Medicare Advantage insurance plans, will pay more than $22 million to settle a case . . . read more »

Remembering Dick Dillihunt

June 20, 2023

Dr. Richard C. “Dick” Dillihunt, a long-time and ardent supporter of universal health care and of Maine AllCare, passed away in May at age 88. Dr. Dillihunt was born in Hartford, Connecticut, received his medical . . . read more »

New survey on Mainers’ views of health care affordability and accessibility

June 19, 2023

On May 11, Consumers for Affordable Health Care (CAHC), a nonprofit focused on helping Mainers access health insurance and care, released the results of a survey focused on the affordability and accessibility of health care . . . read more »

LTE: Poll of Mainers confirms what we know about health care

May 31, 2023

In a May 27, 2023, letter to the editor in the Portland Press Herald, Michael Bacon of Westbrook discusses the results of a recent survey commissioned by Consumers for Affordable Health Care about Maine voters’ . . . read more »

Call to Action: Medicare for All Act to be reintroduced May 16

May 11, 2023

Exciting news! The Medicare for All Act, which expands on and improves Medicare and includes all U.S. residents, will be reintroduced in both the House and Senate on May 16. Although action in the House . . . read more »

Call to Action: Testify for the right to health care for Maine

May 6, 2023

This winter, Maine Senator Craig Hickman introduced a bill that would begin the process of adding a right to health care to Maine’s constitution. The resolution (LD 590) is co-sponsored by Senate President Troy Jackson, . . . read more »

Op-ed: ‘Publicly funded health care is the answer’

April 23, 2023

Maine AllCare volunteer Dan Bryant, a retired physician from Cape Elizabeth responded to a recent opinion piece on burnout and moral injury in health care, and how a simplified, publicly funded, universal health care system . . . read more »