The move to expand is backed by the state’s hospitals, as well as advocates for the poor and a large portion of Maine’s law-enforcement community. “Increasing access to MaineCare coverage means increasing access to mental health counseling, drug addiction treatment and counseling and preventive health care, providing measurable cost-savings and beneficial health outcomes across Maine,” Saviello […]
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Meeting is not open to public
AUGUSTA — A story that appeared on Page A3 of Saturday’s Sun Journal about an opioid abuse roundtable hosted by U.S. Sen. Angus King should have said it is not open to the public. It was a reporting error.
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King plans opoid abuse roundtable a day ahead of LePage’s summit
AUGUSTA – Just a day before Maine’s Republican Gov. Paul LePage will host a summit meeting on Maine’s ever-growing heroin abuse problem, U.S. Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, will host his own roundtable on a similar topic. LePage’s summit is planned for Wednesday, Aug. 26, and King has called his meeting for Tuesday, Aug. 25, in […]