Patients at Maine emergency rooms wait anywhere from 10 minutes to nearly an hour to see a doctor, federal data show as the holidays usher in a seasonal spike in illnesses and injuries. Wait times range from 51 minutes at Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor to 10 minutes at Mid Coast Hospital in Brunswick, […]
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Federal official blames contractors for HealthCare.gov problems
WASHINGTON — The official most responsible for the rollout of the Obamacare health-insurance exchange Tuesday blamed outside contractors for the website woes, not her staff, in testimony before a House committee. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, led by Marilyn Tavenner, was responsible for building and running the exchange website that is supposed to […]
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Dems say way forward for Riverview remains unclear
LEWISTON — Democratic state lawmakers on the budget-writing Appropriations and Financial Affairs Committee are saying they were misled and misinformed when they agreed to back Gov. Paul LePage’s proposal aimed at preserving about $17 million in federal funding for the Riverview Psychiatric Center. Despite passage of a law change expanding the staff and treatment capacity […]