Critics question the science behind the administration’s proposal to cut methadone reimbursements and substitute Suboxone.
Joe Lawlor
Staff Writer
Joe Lawlor writes about health and human services for the Press Herald. A 24-year newspaper veteran, Lawlor has worked in Ohio, Michigan and Virginia before relocating to Maine in 2013 to join the Press Herald. He is still considered “from away” but since then, he has learned what a “dooryard” is, eaten “whoopie pies” drank Moxie and boiled some “lobstahs.” The stories he enjoys most are when he learns something and meeting inspiring people.
He lives in South Portland - aka “SoPo” - with his wife, Melanie, and two school-age children.
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Public health advocates blast LePage plan to redirect tobacco settlement money
The critics say that shifting $10 million a year to maintain MaineCare reimbursement rates for primary care doctors would hobble the state’s anti-smoking efforts.
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For Maine Lyme patients, a path to controversial treatment
A bill would prevent the state medical board from punishing a doctor who prescribes long-term antibiotics, a disputed method for fighting the spreading disease.
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Judge praises progress at Maine’s Riverview Psychiatric Center
During a hearing on a 1990 consent decree involving former AMHI patients, hospital officials describe a new approach to integrating patients committed through Maine’s criminal justice system.
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Many insured under Affordable Care Act taking a hit at tax time
More than half underestimated their income and got oversized subsidies for 2014, requiring them to repay the money or receive reduced refunds.
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Maine’s uninsured rate dropped in first year of ACA, poll finds
The number fell to 11.6 percent in 2014, the first year with a health care marketplace, but other factors also may have played a role.
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Federal government offers more time to buy health plans and avoid IRS penalties
The government also announced today that it had sent out erroneous tax information to 800,000 people.
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Maine officials warn parents against sharing bed with infants
The five deaths in the past seven weeks are half of what Maine typically sees in a year, the state medical examiner says.
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Affordable Care Act enrollment puts Maine in rare company
The Telegram’s analysis of federal data shows that – with concentrations of self-employed residents, mostly on the coast – the state ranks fourth nationally in its embrace of subsidized health insurance.
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Affordable Care Act enrollment puts Maine in rare company
The Telegram’s analysis of federal data shows that – with concentrations of self-employed residents, mostly on the coast – the state ranks fourth nationally in its embrace of subsidized health insurance.