The Health Monitor newsletter is a biweekly look by The Maine Monitor at the politics and people shaping health care in Maine. The newsletter is delivered by email every other Thursday and the story portion of each edition is archived below.
Agencies that help Mainers navigate Medicare are overbooked as enrollment deadline looms
Ended Medicare Advantage plans and confusion from the federal government are driving a high number of calls for enrollment assistance.
Meet 3 local groups fighting men’s loneliness in Maine
Some gather around food or woodworking projects, but they all offer the promise of friendship.
UMaine System switching to Anthem health insurance despite lingering contract dispute with Northern Light
About 15 percent of employees rely on Northern Light Health for at least one medical service.
Some Maine doctors are treating kids’ dental decay themselves as the ranks of dentists fall
More pediatricians have begun using a topical solution made of silver and fluoride to treat their patients’ cavities.
See where all of Maine’s delivery wards and nursing homes have closed in the last decade
Two in five birthing units have closed, and one in four nursing homes have closed since 2015, forcing people to travel greater distances for care.
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