Because drivers can earn mileage for several at once, methadone patients almost always get rides.
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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MaineCare ride provider has history of problems
The contractor hired to coordinate rides for Maine Medicaid recipients was forced to drop a contract in Wisconsin.
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MaineCare ride complaint reports fail to add up
The state questions totals reported by companies running the system.
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Legislators push for quick solution on rides for Maine’s poor
A lawmaker who has received some of the 2,000-plus complaint calls says they are ‘heartbreaking.’
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Expert: Mess with Maine Medicaid rides was avoidable
A Washington-based expert on Medicaid says that federal rules would not have forced the program overhaul that has kept some poor Mainers from getting rides to health care appointments.
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Fatal Windham fire deemed accidental
Parker Blanchard, 25, is declared dead in his third-floor apartment while other tenants escape.
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MaineCare contractors must follow strict rules
Those who provide rides have to track complaints and limit them to one percent of their clients or less.
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Troubles in MaineCare transportation system spur questions about why it’s not working
After receiving hundreds of complaints about MaineCare’s non-emergency transportation system, some are wondering why exactly the program changed and why its not working.
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Sen. Collins: Bipartisan bills would help businesses
She touts proposed changes in the tax law that would make certain tax deductions permanent and double the maximum allowable deduction for start-up expenses.
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Rides go wrong for Maine’s poor
Complaints about no-shows and confusion pour in from parents and patients after federal changes disrupt the MaineCare-funded transportation system.