A coalition advocating the expansion of Medicaid in Maine under the Affordable Care Act has released a county-level breakdown of the potential impact. The Cover Maine Now! Coalition had previously estimated that expanding the health insurance program for low-income Americans, known here as MaineCare, would bring coverage to about 70,000 people, including 25,000 Mainers due […]
You may have read some of the recent headlines about doctors getting in trouble with state licensing officials. There was the doctor in Fort Kent stripped of his license after a state board found he had cared for patients while intoxicated. A number of physicians have been disciplined recently over their drug-prescribing practices. Others have […]
With all the news about insurers canceling health plans due to the Affordable Care Act, including in the BDN, a national health consumer organization is calling for a little perspective. First, let’s revisit the population that’s caught up in all this controversy, fueled by President Obama’s remarks that those who liked their health plans could […]
