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.
Higher staffing requirements removed from assisted living bill
The initial proposed regulations would have doubled the number of direct care workers at residential care facilities overnight.
Widespread support for bill to pause private equity hospital ownership
A watchdog group found that 8.5 percent of private hospitals and 22.6 percent of for-profit hospitals in the U.S. are owned by private equity.
A timeline of health care tumult
Here's what you need to know about recent actions impacting health care.
Bills aim to keep veterans’ homes solvent, older Mainers in their homes
If proposed cuts to Medicaid are enacted, Maine Veterans' Homes would require an additional $6 million from the state to continue operating.
Health care groups push to roll back miscarriage reporting requirements
A MaineHealth official said the current data is 'underreported and inaccurate.'
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