Delta Ambulance officials announced a $20 to $25 increase in per capita rates for 2026 at the China town office Wednesday morning. That number could rise, officials said.
Hannah Kaufman
Staff Writer
Hannah Kaufman covers health, hospitals and access to care in central Maine. She is on the first health reporting team at the Maine Trust for Local News, looking at state and federal changes through the eyes of patients. Hannah received a journalism degree from UNC-Chapel Hill and has finally forgiven Cooper Flagg for playing for Duke. She has been known to write a feature story, watch a movie, swim in a lake and have a palindrome for a name.
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Gov. Mills authorizes Maine health care providers to administer this year’s COVID-19 vaccine
The order recommending vaccines for most Mainers 6 months and older comes on the heels of similar moves in other New England states that are looking to sidestep the federal government’s restrictions on who can get vaccinated.
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Confusion looms over COVID-19 vaccine access in Maine
Maine is joining a coalition of northeastern states to try to preserve vaccine availability, but many unknowns remain.
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Work requirements would strip MaineCare from thousands. Who are they?
The Maine Department of Health and Human Services officials estimate more than 31,000 Mainers could lose insurance in the first year of the new work requirements.
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Northern Light surgeon mistakenly removed woman’s bladder, lawsuit says
According to the lawsuit, a doctor removed a Skowhegan woman’s bladder during a surgery to remove an ovarian cyst.
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Maine’s reproductive health clinics could see nearly $5 million in cuts
The federal budget bill cut Medicaid funding for family planning organizations that provide abortions.
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Northern Light Health reduces staff through attrition amid financial pressure
Health care leaders say passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act adds financial strain to an already struggling system.
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Groundbreaking Kennebec County mobile medical program to shift focus
Doctors from the MD3 program in Kennebec County hope to continue their work with first responders to reverse overdoses in the county.
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Trump’s tax, spending law will slash food assistance for thousands of Mainers
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act will force Maine to cover tens of millions in costs for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program — costs that Gov. Janet Mills says the state ‘simply cannot absorb.’
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Feds forced to return community paramedicine funding to Maine
The federal grants that were frozen in March have been returned to Maine’s programs.