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Opinion: It will take more than money to solve Penobscot Community Health Care’s fiscal crisis
4+ hour, 20+ min ago (557+ words) Bangor Daily News 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 Mary Tedesco-Schneck is a pediatric nurse practitioner and a retired…...
Opinion: Penobscot Community Health Care’s financial future is at risk
5+ day, 16+ hour ago (442+ words) Lori Dwyer is president and CEO of Penobscot Community Health Care. This is a message I never wanted to write. Penobscot Community Health Care’s financial future is at serious risk. Without a capital infusion in the very near term, we…...
Opinion: Rising health care and insurance costs are unsustainable
1+ week, 4+ day ago (533+ words) Ann Woloson is executive director of Consumers for Affordable Health Care and recent recipient of a Families USA Health Advocate of the Year award. The crisis in healthcare affordability is about to get worse. Last week, the Maine Bureau of…...
Maine insurance bureau approves nearly 15% average rate hike for ACA plans
2+ week, 2+ day ago (441+ words) The Maine Bureau of Insurance announced on Friday that it had approved a nearly 15% average rate increase for 2027 individual plans on the Affordable Care Act marketplace. The increase — 14.8% — was slightly lower than the 16.8% average increase proposed by insurers in June....
Ellsworth newspaper lays off employees
2+ week, 3+ day ago (238+ words) The Ellsworth American, a weekly newspaper in Hancock County, laid off some of its staff on Thursday. Information about how many and which positions were eliminated was not immediately available Thursday afternoon, but a senior executive with the paper confirmed…...
Maine hospitals brace for Medicaid cuts
4+ week, 2+ day ago (1157+ words) Maine health care providers are grappling with how to prepare for more patients without insurance. As premiums rose and tax credits expired, the number of people enrolled in the state’s health insurance marketplace dropped by thousands from 2025 to 2026. Now, thousands…...
Letter: Health insurance reform should be a top priority
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (211+ words) I didn’t expect to care this much about health policy while I was in college. But the more I deal with insurance, whether it’s navigating my own coverage or trying to help family members figure theirs out, the more I…...
Owner of Maine assisted living homes faces nearly $1M in liens and lawsuits over debts
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (837+ words) A company that owns numerous assisted living homes in eastern Maine is involved in multiple liens and debt- or contract-related court cases here and in Texas, where it is based. Magnolia Assisted Living and other LLCs associated with it own…...
Millions drop Obamacare health coverage after subsidies expire and costs rise
2+ mon, 3+ day ago (382+ words) Bangor Daily News In the report released Friday, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services suggested the 13% drop in enrollment from 22.1 million people in 2025 to 19.2 million this year could be attributed to a federal crackdown on fraudulent or “phantom” enrollment....
Letter: Healthcare acquisition must include reasonable prices
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (184+ words) One of my biggest goals is to keep healthcare costs down. A recent development I’m watching is Prime Healthcare Foundation’s acquisition of Central Maine Healthcare, which serves roughly 400,000 patients across the state. In recent years, Central Maine has faced serious…...