Providers Fear Medicaid Cuts Could Worsen Maine’s Health Care Access Crisis

After a Week of Battling Health Care Cuts, Congressional Black Caucus Talks Strategy

BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — During a session with reporters on May 15, six members of the Congressional Black Caucus discussed their battle to push back on massive cuts to health care and messaging strategy.

Medicaid is a lifeline for Maine communities

The BDN Opinion section operates independently and does not set news policies or contribute to reporting or editing articles elsewhere in the newspaper or on bangordailynews.com Darcy Shargo is the CEO of the Maine Primary Care Association, a membership organization representing the state’s Community Health Centers. As the statewide membership organization representing Maine’s Community Health Centers, which make up the largest independent prima…

Housing, low reimbursement, aging population driving Maine’s health care crisis

Photo by Garrick Hoffman.Housing is a health care issue. That was one of the main takeaways from panelists at an event hosted by The Maine Monitor and the Goldfarb Center for Public Affairs at Colby College on Wednesday evening. “It’s housing,” said Michael Tyler, managing partner Sandy River Company and chair of the board of the Maine Health Care Association. “If people can't afford to live here, how can we expect to increase the workforce? It …

Providers fear Medicaid cuts could worsen Maine’s health care access crisis

Tens of thousands of residents in the state could lose health insurance under the budget proposal before Congress.