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PublishedJune 5, 2018
Rate hikes sought by Maine’s ACA insurers come in lower than expected for 2019
The proposed increases for individual health plans average just over 9 percent, and they will be reduced further if a state-run reinsurance program is revived.
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PublishedJune 4, 2018
LePage administration must follow voter-approved law, put Medicaid expansion in motion, court rules
The judge rejects the state's claim that it can't proceed without funding and orders it to file paperwork allowing up to 70,000 low-income Mainers to start applying for health coverage July 2.
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PublishedJune 3, 2018
Many breast cancer patients don’t need chemotherapy, study confirms
Findings show that 70 percent of women diagnosed with the common cancer that has not spread to the lymph nodes can forgo chemotherapy without risking their chance of recurrence or ability to be cured.
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PublishedJune 1, 2018
Four more deaths reported in lettuce E. coli outbreak
Health officials say 25 cases have been added in the nation's largest E. coli outbreak in a decade, raising the total number of illnesses to 197 in 35 states.
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PublishedJune 1, 2018
Maine drug deaths remained high in early 2018, with fentanyl taking a bigger toll
There were 86 deaths, compared with 89 for the first three months of 2017, but more people died from fentanyl, the powerful synthetic painkiller, than in years past.
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PublishedMay 31, 2018
Fate of Rockland man who allegedly talked about school shooting rests with doctors
Brandon Luzzi is being held at Pen Bay Medical Center while clinicians determine whether he is well enough mentally to go home or needs treatment.
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PublishedMay 31, 2018
Maine’s flu season was the worst in at least 5 years, with more than 9,000 sickened
Reported cases jumped 55% from last year, to 9,018, and deaths also increased as a more severe strain caused a majority of the illnesses.
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PublishedMay 30, 2018
Colorectal screening should start at age 45, not 50, American Cancer Society says
The group's study, published last year, found rising rates of colon cancer and deaths in people younger than 50.
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PublishedMay 29, 2018
Portland doctor on front lines of heroin crisis publishes poetry book
Dr. Mary Dowd says poems are born of grief, a feeling she knows well as a caregiver for hundreds of Mainers who struggle with addiction.
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PublishedMay 28, 2018
Affordable Care Act individual insurance rates expected to jump in Maine
As the state's two providers look to 2019 premiums, analysts predict double-digit increases.
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