An excellent column on the complex campaign of Graham Platner
Portland Press Herald
- On Thursday, 531 MaineHealth patients received estate vendor letters indicating they were deceased and providing information to their next of kin about resolving their estate. The problem was, none of those patients were actually deceased. According to Caroline Cornish, Communications and Public Affairs Manager at MaineHealth, an error in MaineHealth’s computer system for generating estate vendor letters was the cause of the incident.
- What the experts say about vaccinating your pet
- Prices for meat, poultry, fish and eggs have increased by about 34% since January 2018 — an increase many Mainers simply can’t afford. A family of four in Maine on a “survival budget” needs to spend a minimum of $933 per month on food, Now, with food-related benefits potentially lapsing for about 13% of Mainers and deer season opening this month, hunting could become an even more important source for rural Maine families.
- Contract talks between Northern Light Health and Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield appear to be at an impasse, having passed the deadline for reaching a deal to ensure in-network health coverage continues for about 30,000 Mainers. However, Northern Light President and CEO Guy Hudson told the Press Herald Saturday that Anthem patients would not be treated as out of network during negotiations.