The administration fought back, saying Democrats were using people with mental illness to advance their agenda.
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UMF to hold Ebola round table Friday
The Friday afternoon discussion includes university experts who will talk about the social, economic and political implications of the epidemic.
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Waterville-, Newport-based health centers receive federal grants
The Affordable Care Act funding is for new staff members, more business hours and expanded services at the health centers.
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Lawmakers to push for investigation of Riverview
Employee accounts of abuse have spurred a movement to deputize the state’s watchdog agency to probe the forensic mental hospital.
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Census details offer clearer picture of Maine’s uninsured
Analysts say the increase in 2013 probably is attributable to Gov. Paul LePage’s removal of 30,000 from MaineCare rolls.
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State posts health insurance premiums
Rates will decrease slightly or stay the same on Maine marketplace for individuals.
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Number of Mainers without health insurance rose 9 percent in 2013
Census data show 12,000 more people lacked coverage at a time when most states saw a decline and Maine cut 30,000 from the Medicaid rolls.
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Portland program to alter labels on powder for mixing with cocaine
Program officials said the instructions on the vitamin C powder packets were intended to reduce the risk of infections, not encourage drug use.
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Augusta mother appeals state’s ‘do-not-resuscitate order’ for severely injured baby
Aleah M. Peaslee was 6 months old when she was rushed to the hospital on Dec. 21 with injuries doctors found were consistent with being shaken.
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Maine AG seeks reinstatement of Riverview certification
The state argues that it submitted the proper correction plans and that it “was denied a hearing” about its efforts to fix deficiences at the state psychiatric hospital in Augusta.