Maine AllCare News

Our Year in Review

As we approach the end of 2024, we look back on our activities of the past year, while planning for another year of education and advocacy for health care for everyone in Maine. Here is . . . read more »

Op-Ed: Sounding alarm about our health care system

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“Squeezing every drop from professionals and patients drives good profits but worsens care.” In an op-ed at Seacoast Online, Dr. Patty Hymanson, a neurologist and former Maine state representative, shares how increasing pressure to increase . . . read more »

Here’s a Better Way to Lower Hospital Costs

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In a special to the Portland Press Herald, Dr. Daniel Bryant argues that propping up our failing healthcare system, at great expense, “will have negative effects on patients, staff and taxpayers”. Instead he proposes a . . . read more »