Emily Bader

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Emily Bader is a health care and general assignment reporter for The Maine Monitor where she covers substance use, mental health and access to care.

She is particularly interested in exploring how these issues affect Mainers’ everyday lives, how communities are seeking solutions and in serving as a watchdog on decision-makers.

Prior to joining The Monitor, Emily was a reporter for three years at local Maine papers. She has earned recognition from the New England Newspaper & Press Association, Maine Public Health Association, National Newspaper Association Foundation and Maine Press Association. She is a member of Investigative Editors & Reporters and the Association of Health Care Journalists.

Contact Emily with questions, concerns or story ideas: emily@themainemonitor.org

Rendering of the York County recovery center.

York County takes on substance use, housing shortage and public safety staffing crises with $45 million investment

Federal funding and opioid settlement payments will pay for a 58-bed recovery center, a 30-unit apartment building and a public safety training facility.

ByEmily Bader

October 15, 2023

Members of the Lewiston city council and planning board attend a joint meeting.

Lewiston struggles to answer demands for affordable housing, shelters

A divided City Council has been unable to move forward with proposed solutions.

ByEmily Bader

October 1, 2023

A white bottle of oxycodone sits on a shelf among other white pill bottles.

Franklin County hopes to start distributing opioid settlement money by the end of the year

An advisory committee is wasting little time reviewing applicants, then making recommendations for the dispersal.

ByEmily Bader

September 23, 2023

Two nurses sit on the floor of a medical facility showing signs of burnout or exhaustion.

Maine Medical Association says American healthcare system needs an overhaul

The 4,000-member Maine Medical Association is the fifth state medical association to pass a resolution calling for universal healthcare insurance coverage.

ByEmily Bader

September 11, 2023

A spread out pile of hundred dollar bills with a judge's gavel on top of the pile.

From 25 years ago, lessons for Maine as it begins to distribute opioid settlement money

Loose oversight and political ambitions have directed some funds from a 1998 tobacco settlement away from their original target of curbing tobacco use.

ByEmily Bader

September 10, 2023

As opioid settlement funds reach Maine, opinions arise over how best to use them

A nationwide coalition urges support for community-based organizations while some municipalities already plan to expand existing programs.

ByEmily Bader

August 27, 2023

After nearly nine months and eight meetings, Maine Recovery Council hasn’t spent any of the millions available from opioid settlement cases

Members say they want to be responsible stewards of the money. Meanwhile, overdoses continue.

ByEmily Bader

August 13, 2023