WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump has tapped Alex Azar, a former pharmaceutical executive and a top health official during the George W. Bush administration, to lead the Health and Human Services Department. The decision to enlist the 50-year-old Azar – who served as president of Lilly USA, the biggest affiliate of Eli Lilly and Co., […]
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Feds support states that want work requirements for Medicaid
WASHINGTON — A simple question — should adults who are able to work be required to do so to get taxpayer-provided health insurance? — could lead to major changes in the social safety net. The federal-state Medicaid program for low-income and disabled people covers more than 70 million U.S. residents — about 1 in 5 […]
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Maine gets $2 million to treat opioid addiction
PORTLAND — The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is giving the state of Maine more than $2 million to fight its epidemic of heroin and opioid abuse. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, says the money will support programs that help residents of the state who are trying to recover from addiction. Maine had more […]
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Healthcare.gov site down again; HHS Secretary Sebelius faces grilling
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans said Sunday they intend to press Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on the Obama administration’s troubled launch of healthcare.gov, the online portal to buy insurance — even as the website suffered yet another setback. A component of the online system that has been working relatively well experienced an outage […]
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Federal government awards $66,000 to Leeds health center
LEEDS — The DFD Russell Medical Center has received $65,930 from the federal government to boost staff and help people enroll in health care coverage. The medical center is one of 19 Maine health centers that received $1.4 million in grants announced by Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on Wednesday. The DFD Russell Medical Center has facilities […]