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.
Health insurance rates in Maine set to skyrocket
Two major factors are driving up insurance rates in Maine: rising costs of prescription drugs and little competition in Maine's market.
‘Gasoline on the fire’: Maine hospitals concerned about charity care expansion and Medicaid cuts
A new law expands who is eligible for charity care in Maine while federal Medicaid cuts are expected to push tens of thousands off public insurance.
A 1950s medical model grows in Maine
With expected steep cuts to Medicaid, there’s a growing movement in Maine of primary care providers skipping insurance altogether.
Protections for abortion providers, new regulations for urgent care clinics signed into law
Here are a few notable health care bills that were passed and signed into law.
Maine has fifth-highest rate of emergency department visits nationwide
While the trend is not new, it comes as Maine hospitals are merging, reducing services and even closing.
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