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PublishedSeptember 12, 2018
University of Maine System has plan to fill state’s need of nurses
Leaders announced a five-year initiative that would expand nursing programs to rural areas and help the neediest students pay for their education.
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PublishedSeptember 12, 2018
New law lets some Maine veterans skip course work and take nursing exam
Those hoping to be fast-tracked and become LPNs must have served in a medical corps, spent at least 12 months providing bedside patient care and left the military with an honorable discharge.
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PublishedSeptember 10, 2018
LePage vows to keep denying Medicaid applications until lawmakers ‘give me the money’
Mainers voted last fall to expand the health insurance program and lawmakers approved the funding in June, but the governor vetoed the bill.
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PublishedSeptember 9, 2018
Doctors confront hurdles for living organ donors
Obstacles to kidney and liver transplants include lost wages for those who donate and varying hospital policies.
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PublishedSeptember 7, 2018
Modest premium increases expected in 2019 as ‘Obamacare’ stabilizes
For next year, premiums in the health insurance marketplaces are expected either to drop or increase by less than 10 percent in 41 states with about 9 million customers.
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PublishedSeptember 6, 2018
Hospitals’ illegal rejection of mentally ill patients puts spotlight on Maine’s chronic lack of services
Health care experts say the incidents in Lewiston point to weaknesses and gaps in a system that's unable to meet demand and forces people into emergency departments and jails.
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PublishedSeptember 4, 2018
Hot and dry weather apparently hampering ticks that carry Lyme disease
Lyme cases are down through the month of July compared to the same period last year, and experts suspect it's because ticks that carry the disease are lying low.
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PublishedSeptember 1, 2018
Study shows health, reaction-time declines among firefighters
Fatigue levels reached a point where it sometimes took firefighters twice as long to react.
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PublishedSeptember 1, 2018
Temporary rules in place for New Hampshire’s Medicaid to Schools expansion
Nearly two-thirds of the state's schools participated in the more limited program in 2017.
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PublishedAugust 31, 2018
Lewiston hospitals illegally turned away patients experiencing mental health crises
Central Maine Medical Center and St. Mary's Regional Medical Center both have both pledged to change their policies and increase staff education to eliminate the 'patient dumping' that is illegal under federal law.
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