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 »
Portland Press Herald reporter Joe Lawlor digs into what the recent Martinās 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, 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 »
Dr. Richard C. āDickā 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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
This winter, Maine Senator Craig Hickman introduced a bill that would begin the process of adding a right to health care to Maineās constitution. The resolution (LD 590) is co-sponsored by Senate President Troy Jackson, . . . read more »
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 »
How our system hurts medical workers and how universal health care could help Burnout, workforce distress, moral injury: These terms have different shades of meaning but all point to a growing crisis in medical workers, . . . read more »
