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Hospitals and medical associations say the bill could help meet a severe physician shortage, but a similar bill failed to get funded last year.

Behavioral health groups say further investment is needed in home-based and community support services.

During a press call organized by the Harris-Walz campaign, elected Democrats said a Harris administration would expand abortion access while protecting Medicare and Medicaid.

A report released earlier this month proposes a sponsorship program pairing immigrants with medical backgrounds with Maine's teaching hospitals.

The state's newly created Office of Affordable Health Care held its first public hearing today, highlighting the barriers that block access to medical care.

Save NMMC members have been skeptical of the hospital's claims that it is struggling; some more sympathetic to the hospital say its struggles are no different than what other rural hospitals face.

As the healthcare sector in Maine faces a shortage of workers made even worse by the pandemic, the Mills Administration is rolling out a new initiative designed to recruit and retain workers.

"I remember when I first started, I would leave work excited to come back. But recently, over the last few years, that's become rare and you end up leaving your shift, not wanting to come back."

A CDC survey released in November shows that only 63% of health care workers are ready to get a COVID-19 vaccine. Concern about speed and political interference are contributing to the hesitancy.

President Trump promised to end America's opioid crisis. On his watch overdose deaths flattened in 2018 then surged again to record levels.