Patty Wight
News Reporter and HostPatty is a graduate of the University of Vermont and a multiple award-winning reporter for Maine Public Radio. Her specialty is health coverage: from policy stories to patient stories, physical health to mental health and anything in between. Patty joined Maine Public Radio in 2012 after producing stories as a freelancer for NPR programs such as Morning Edition and All Things Considered. She got hooked on radio at the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies in Portland, Maine, and hasn’t looked back ever since.
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Mantz is the second American to win the race. Ben True of Maine was the first U.S. champion in 2016. -
The race, which was started 27 years ago by Maine Olympic marathon champion Joan Benoit Samuelson, attracts international elite runners. -
The cuts under the new federal budget are expected to result in more than 30,000 people who have health insurance under Medicaid expansion to lose coverage. -
According to filings with the state Bureau of Insurance, the average proposed increases range from about 8% to 32%.
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Court injunction allows federal Medicaid funds to flow to Planned Parenthood of Northern New EnglandA federal judge in Boston issued a preliminary injunction Monday that blocks a provision in the new Congressional budget bill which prohibits health providers that offer abortion care from participating in Medicaid, known locally as MaineCare. -
Dr. Laura Blaisdell, immediate past president of the Maine American Academy of Pediatrics, said concerns are prompted, in part, by health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Junior's announcement that the Covid vaccine would no longer be recommended for healthy children and pregnant women. -
Angus King calls for withdrawing support for Israel 'as long as there are starving children in Gaza'Maine Sen. Angus King, an independent, called Israel's conduct in Gaza "an affront to human decency" and said he would advocate for ending any U.S. support for the country until Israeli policies change. -
Millions across the U.S. are expected to lose benefits, including tens of thousands of people in Maine. -
The organization argues the practice violates Maine's law against the torture of animals. -
MaineGeneral files lawsuit against insulin makers and pharmacy benefit managers for inflating pricesThe lawsuit, filed in New Jersey District Court, accuses OptumRx, CVS Caremark, and Express Scripts of colluding with Eli Lilly, Novo Nordisk, and Sanofi to drive up insulin prices as much as a 1,000% over the past two decades.
