New law will put more dollars into pockets of older, low-income Mainers

About 19,000 Maine residents over 65, many of them low-income women living alone, will be made eligible for the program under the new law.

More than 1 million people dropped from Medicaid as states start post-pandemic purge of rolls

More than 93 million people were enrolled as of February.

Kicked off Medicaid: Millions at risk as states trim rolls

An unprecedented nationwide review of the 84 million enrollees over the next year will require states to remove people whose incomes are now too high for the federal-state program.

How to shop for new insurance if you lose Medicaid coverage

States will start cutting people from the government-funded plans when they no longer qualify based on income.

In nursing homes, impoverished residents live final days on pennies

A half-century-old bit of American bureaucracy is leaving hundreds of thousands of nursing home residents in an unthinkable bind: Living on as little as $30 a month.

Maine Voices: Outdated law denies appropriate care to people with serious brain disorders

Hospital violence, in Maine as elsewhere, can be traced right back to a federal law from 1965.

Our View: Maine’s new surplus should fund mental health

State refund checks will help offset inflationary pressures on households, but higher prices are not our only problem.

Maine Voices: Inequities in mental health treatment are health care’s greatest injustice

Laws like the one that keeps Medicaid from covering inpatient behavioral care are not only discriminatory but also can have dire consequences for Maine families.

Maine Voices: Funding must follow mandate for Medicaid providers

People who care for Medicaid recipients deserve a living wage – but their employers can’t afford to pay it unless Maine raises the reimbursement rate.

Pandemic swells Medicaid enrollment to record 80 million people