Maine companies send workers to Boston for health care at ‘fraction of the cost’

Competition among metro-area hospitals pulls prices down, but the outsourcing of patients leads to higher costs in Maine.

Patients slow to warm up to telemedicine, prefer in-person visits

Still, 80 percent of mid-size and large U.S. companies offered the virtual service last year.

Health groups take aim at insurance companies’ medication policies

A pending bill would give doctors and patients more say when insurance companies balk at reimbursement and require them to try less expensive alternatives to prescribed medication or treatment.

Lawmaker proposing MaineCare dental benefit for low-income adults

The proposal by Rep. Drew Gattine would make Maine the 34th state to provide some form of dental coverage, which is now available only to children under the Medicaid program.

ACA enrollment down slightly in Maine and across the nation

More than 71,000 Mainers signed up for the health insurance coverage, about a 5 percent decrease from last year.

ACA sign-ups in Maine appear to be down as deadline for 2019 nears

Republican moves to undercut the Affordable Care Act may be the cause, but another reason may be that more Mainers are just keeping their current plans.

Health insurance needs improvements

Maine DHHS denying Medicaid expansion applicants as lawsuit continues

Maine industry leaders embrace new health insurance rules that lower costs – and benefits

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