Groups also hope to see legislation addressing the health care worker shortage and medical cannabis.
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Posted inBusiness, News
Maine businesses say H-1B visas are critical to filling labor gaps
Trump allies are split over the program that brings skilled foreign workers to labs, hospitals, universities and tech companies in Maine.
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Posted inHealth, Maine, News
Report shows growing need in residential care facilities
Researchers found 54% of Mainers in residential care had been diagnosed with dementia, compared to 51% in nursing homes.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Harvard Pilgrim will continue covering HIV drugs, following state investigation
The reversal comes after a state investigation and charges by advocacy groups that proposed policy changes would violate the Affordable Care Act.
Posted inMaine, News
Justice Department, Maine settle lawsuit over treatment of children with disabilities
The federal agency sued the state in September, saying Maine was violating the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Posted inHealth, Maine, Politics
Public health advocates rail against Trump’s nomination of RFK Jr. for Cabinet post
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has made false claims about vaccines, has been tapped to become health and human services secretary in the Trump administration.
Posted inThe Franklin Journal
MaineHealth Franklin Hospital receives award for having ‘pediatric ready’ emergency department
MaineHealth Franklin Hospital held a ceremony to accept an award for becoming certified “pediatric ready” in their emergency department.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine, News
Maine Family Planning tours Lewiston with mobile medical unit
Maine Family Planning, via its new Health on Wheels van, has been touring the Lewiston-to-Bangor stretch, stopping in towns and cities in between, to provide on-the-spot reproductive health services like wound care, screenings, birth control and HIV prevention.
Posted inFranklin, Maine, News, The Franklin Journal
Wilton board sets contributions for Maine Family and Medical Leave Act
Collections will begin Jan. 1, 2025, for nonunion employees; union workers situation depends on contracts
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More than 1,500 Mainers will get relief from $1.8 million in medical debts
A local nonprofit partnered with a national charity to wipe out $1.8 million in unpaid medical bills.