U.S. Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) is partnering with Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio) on new legislation aimed at reshaping Affordable Care…
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Democrats on Thursday proposed a three-year extension of the soon-to-expire enhanced Obamacare premium subsidies despite the measure’s near-certain failure to…
The U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform is investigating Maine’s provision of Medicaid benefits to illegal aliens. But…
A rare and often misunderstood vomiting disorder tied to long-term marijuana use has gained formal recognition from global and U.S.…
A tick-borne virus that, if not caught early and treated, can be deadly may be spreading to New England, officials…
A new story in the Portland Press Herald blaming insurance companies for requiring patients to get permission before a procedure…
A Cumberland County judge is now deciding whether the state can force a longtime street preacher to stay 500 feet…
A sweeping new federal restriction buried deep in Congress’s latest spending bill is poised to wipe out most of America’s…
After many months of negotiations, Northern Light and Anthem have finally agreed upon a new contract, allowing patients to continue…
The public health and safety threat posed by discarded needles used most likely for intravenous drug use has been a…
Maine’s Gov. Janet Mills (D) has again issued a statement urging lawmakers to extend the expanded health insurance tax credits…
A computer system error at MaineHealth resulted in 531 patients being mistakenly notified of their own deaths, the health-care system…
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One of Maine’s largest abortion care providers will end its primary care services on Friday after a federal court ruled…
Maine has the ninth-highest rate of fatal drug overdoses in the U.S. – and is the only New England state…
At least it gets them off the streets, right? (The needles, that is.) Bangor, Maine is now establishing a needle…
Two Maine towns are telling residents to exercise caution after confirmed cases of rabies were reported in raccoons. The Maine…
With Halloween just a few days away, the latest deadline for Anthem and Northern Light to negotiate a new contract…
Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey (D) joined 38 other Attorneys General in signing a letter Friday that calls on Congress…
U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) reintroduced legislation Thursday aimed at lowering prescription drug costs by speeding…
The percentage of young Americans in college and high school identifying as non-binary or non-heterosexual dropped significantly in 2025, according…
Maine Democrat Rep. Jared Golden issued a lengthy Substack post on Friday morning urging lawmakers in Washington to end the…
The bankruptcy of ModivCare, a Colorado-based transportation company contracted to manage MaineCare’s nonemergency medical transportation program, has thrust one of…
Northern Light and Anthem have agreed to a thirty-day extension of their contract, almost immediately after their prior contract lapsed,…
As the contract between Anthem and Northern Light is rapidly approaching expiration, it appears increasingly less likely that the two…
Among the hundreds of laws now going into effect in the state is a unanimous measure preventing medical debt from…
A Poland, Maine, woman was sentenced to pay $165,878 in restitution on Thursday after she pleaded guilty in May to…
By Paul Mills As someone who has spent a career protecting the most vulnerable in our community, from the elderly…
A little-known disease attacks the body’s neuromuscular system making it difficult for those afflicted by it to get around, but…
The Maine Legislature’s Health and Human Services (HHS) Committee held a meeting Tuesday afternoon to discuss the state’s relationship with…
Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D) issued a statement Thursday urging the United States Congress to extend a federal tax credit…
The City of Lewiston condemned a building used by the Church of Safe Injection (CoSI) non-profit last Wednesday after police…
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A federal judge in Massachusetts has ruled against the Trump Administration’s request to stay an order temporarily halting implementation of…
The Maine Department of Health and Human Services is “reviewing” a letter from the U.S. Department of Health and Human…
The State of Maine is suing preacher John Andrade Jr., 42, of Brunswick, accusing him of violating the Maine Civil…
A tuberculosis outbreak has gripped a large emergency shelter in Portland, Maine, prompting urgent health measures and mounting concern among…
In a tragic and ironic accident, an eight-year-old girl was struck and killed in Van Buren by an ambulance on…
Northern Light Health announced Tuesday that their leadership is now open to engaging in mediation with Anthem Blue Cross Blue…
A domestic situation involving an armed man on Monday sparked a shelter-in-place order in Bowdoinham from the Sagadahoc County Emergency…
A federal judge in Portland has ruled against requiring the federal government to temporarily allow Planned Parenthood affiliates to receive…
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Augusta Republicans issued a statement Monday morning in response to the news that ModivCare—the out-of-state company awarded a multi-million dollar…
An out-of-state company that was previously awarded a multi-million contract by the State of Maine to provide transportation to MaineCare…
Mosquitoes in Portland tested positive for the West Nile Virus, the Maine Center for Disease Control (CDC) announced on Thursday,…
A new invasive species of tick native to China and other countries in the region was discovered in Maine for…
Former Maine Center for Disease Control (CDC) Director Dr. Nirav Shah, who headed the state’s COVID-19 pandemic response, told the…
Northern Light, one of Maine’s largest health care systems, said that it has ended talks with Anthem Blue Cross Blue…
Veterans needing a friend and pups wanting hugs can be matches made in heaven. “With a goal of ending veteran…
Novartis, a New Jersey pharmaceutical company, has sued the State of Maine over new regulations imposed earlier this year on…
It’s scarier even than a great white shark because there’s not even a hint of a warning. You never see…
Popular food manufacturer Kellogg’s has signed a legally binding agreement to remove all toxic dyes from its products by the…
Maine released its annual Child Welfare Report for 2024 last month, which details changes the state asserts it has achieved…
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Many Mainers will likely see the cost of their health insurance increase by double-digits next year in what regulators are…
Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey has joined a coalition of twenty-one Democrat-led states in suing the Trump Administration over a…
Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D) has signed a bill into law prohibiting pharmacies from selling tobacco products beginning in April…
The Trump Administration is aiming to drastically alter the way the U.S. deals with homelessness with a Thursday executive order…
A half dozen of Maine’s left-leaning non-profits have banded together to solicit donations for their Maine Solidarity Fund that will…
The organ transplant network has displayed a “systemic disregard for sanctity of life” according to a Monday report from the…
After a long wait, an Aroostook County ambulance company now can really haul – big time. Southern Aroostook Emergency Medical…
Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey has once again joined a coalition of states, this time in suing the federal Department…
Gov. Janet Mills (D) signed a bill into law earlier this month that expanded eligibility for free hospital care, raising…
CVS Health’s Omnicare unit must pay $948.8 million in penalties and damages following a federal ruling on Monday in a…
Negotiations between Northern Light and Anthem have reportedly stalled as the expiration date of their current contract quickly approaches at…
One of Maine’s largest health care providers has announced that it will be taking steps to reduce costs as it…
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The United States Senate narrowly passed on Tuesday the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, a national budget bill that includes…
Leo Anzivino, Jr., 34, of Teaticket, Massachusetts, is facing charges of healthcare fraud and money laundering for his alleged role…
The Trump Administration announced Monday a massive fraud investigation that has resulted in 324 defendants facing charges for more than…
The Maine Legislature has yet to make a final decision on the proposal requiring the Maine Department of Health and…
Maine lawmakers have adjourned for the session without making a decision on a bill that would open the door for…
A new study from the Czech Republic published last week found that the rate of successful conceptions resulting in the…
The Mills administration will be granting over $100,000 to a behavioral services provider to partner with immigrant advocacy nonprofits in…
The U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) ruled 6-3 on Wednesday to uphold a Tennessee ban on transgender surgeries and drugs for…
By Chad Grignon Ask any Maine business owner, and they’ll tell you one of the hardest parts of operating in…
Sen. Angus King (I-Maine) joined Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Thursday in co-sponsoring his bill, the “End Prescription Drug Ads…
If the closings of birthing units at multiple Maine hospitals were not enough of a red flag signaling the downward…
Two law enforcement sources, who spoke with the Maine Wire on the condition of anonymity as they were not authorized…
Both chambers of the Maine Legislature reversed course on a controversial bill this week, ending an effort from Rep. Grayson…
Lawmakers have unanimously agreed to prevent medical debt from being factored into Mainers’ credit scores. Although State Law currently has…
The Satanic Temple’s abortion branch, TST Health, announced the creation of a new telehealth abortion provider serving Maine, deliberately set…
The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Maine CDC) on Friday issued a press release celebrating a record high…
Maine’s House of Representatives narrowly voted to decriminalize the possession of one ounce or less of psilocybin for persons 21…
The Opportunity Alliance, a homeless and substance abuse service provider based in South Portland, has agreed to a nearly $350,000…
Maine lawmakers appear poised to reject a bill directing the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) to reimburse hospitals…
Four years ago, a founder of Maine Stands Up addressed a standing room only crowd in a Topsham church during…
The Mount Desert Island (MDI) Hospital is taking disciplinary action against five nurses who participated in a Maine State Nurses…
Civic, law enforcement, legislative leaders and subject matter experts will hold a conference in Brewer on Friday evening to discuss…
The Maine House passed a bill on Tuesday that will allow providers of chemical abortion pills, such as mifepristone, to…
The Maine State Legislature’s Judiciary Committee held a public hearing on Friday for a “common sense and natural order” bill…
More than 2,100 allegations of abuse, neglect, and exploitation were reported in fiscal year 2024 among adults with intellectual disabilities…
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Former employees of Gateway Community Services, a migrant-run social services agency with offices throughout Maine, have alleged in interviews with…
The Mills Administration’s spending via state contracts has come under increasing scrutiny in light of Democratic State Auditor Matt Dunlap’s…
Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) announced on Thursday that the U.S. Department of Justice has selected Lewiston’s Maine Resiliency Center to…
Rep. Laurie Osher (D-Orono) presented a bill before the Committee on Housing and Urban Development on Tuesday that would establish…
A bill repealing the prohibition against charging uninsured patients for COVID-19 vaccinations that received unanimous support in the Legislature became…
Maine Attorney General (AG) Aaron Frey has joined a group of twenty attorneys general in filing a lawsuit against Secretary…