Joe Lawlor

As officials with MaineHealth Lincoln Hospital consider a proposal to close its birthing center, some doctors say alternative staffing solutions should be considered to keep the ward open.

MaineHealth officials on Thursday refused to confirm whether the board had voted on the issue.

A bill co-sponsored by U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, that would cap insulin costs for patients at $35 per month advanced out of committee on Wednesday.

Gov. Janet Mills is pushing for a two-year delay on a decision about whether to close the birthing center at MaineHealth Lincoln Hospital in Damariscotta.

The Maine Department of Health and Human Services announced it will distribute $30 million through the Rural Health Transformation Program, and has identified eleven rural hospitals that could participate.

A woman aligned with a grassroots group attempting to keep the birthing center at Lincoln Hospital from closing filed a lawsuit against MaineHealth seeking to keep its board from voting on the issue this week.

The MaineHealth Board of Trustees voted on Thursday to close the Lincoln Hospital birthing center in Damariscotta.

PORTLAND — Nurses at MaineHealth Maine Medical Center held a news conference on Friday to celebrate the release of their colleague, who had been taken into custody by U.S.

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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.