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 »
Let your voice be heard Do you like to write? Are you interested in raising your voice in support of health care for all? Weâre looking for volunteers who would like to share their experiences . . . 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 »
Published by the Ellsworth American, Nov. 16: Absent from most reporting of Nov. 7 election results, which focused on the eight state referendums, was the outcome of Penobscotâs town referendum on health care. The resolution . . . read more »
David Jolly, a Maine AllCare board member and resident of the small town of Penobscot in Hancock County, is leading a pilot project to put the question of universal health care directly to voters at . . . read more »
The health policy statement â in favor of universal care â shows that the group recognizes the need to put patientsâ and caregiversâ interests first. The Maine Medical Association is to be commended for its . . . 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 »
In an April 25 Maine Voices column in the Portland Press Herald, retired physician David Scotton suggests a thought experiment to better understand how single-payer health care financing would work. “Our society is now being . . . 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 »
