LEWISTON — Doo-wop star Jon Bauman, former lead singer of Sha Na Na, took the stage Tuesday at The Dolard & Priscilla Gendron Franco Center as part of a campaign to protect Medicare and Social Security. The performer, better known as “Bowzer,” said Lewiston was chosen as the first of many planned stops across the […]
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Nearly 1 in 3 Medicare beneficiaries get opioid prescriptions
CHICAGO — Nearly 12 million Medicare beneficiaries received at least one prescription for an opioid painkiller last year at a cost of $4.1 billion, according to a federal report that shows how common the addictive drugs are in many older Americans’ medicine cabinets. With an overdose epidemic worsening, nearly one-third of Medicare beneficiaries received at […]
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Depriving Maine people
The governor of Maine is a former manager from Marden’s. He brings to Maine Marden’s-quality government. The people of Maine think they are getting a good deal because it is cheap. Government officials in New Mexico, on the other hand, are quite willing to take the federal money that pays for the mental health services […]
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SeniorsPlus to offer class on Medicare
WEST PARIS — SeniorsPlus has announced the March offering of its Long Distance Learning program, which connects community members in the Oxford Hills area with live educational seminars being held at the Lewiston Education Center of SeniorsPlus. The class, Basic Medicare Information, will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday, March 24, at the West Paris […]
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Problems arise for Medicare, Medicaid
WASHINGTON — It was 50 years ago that President Lyndon Johnson flew to Independence, Missouri and, with former President Harry Truman at his side, signed into law the legislation creating Medicare and Medicaid. It was a seminal moment in American political history. For three decades, liberals and conservatives had warred over government health insurance. “Medicare […]
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Robert Samuelson: Debate needed over generational justice
WASHINGTON — If New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has his way, the unfolding presidential campaign will focus on generational fairness. It will seek to curb spending on the elderly — mainly Social Security and Medicare — without putting the elderly at risk. This debate would be good for the country, but whether the country can […]
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R. Bussiere: Medicare recipients to feel the wrath
Starting this month, seniors and people with disabilities on Medicare are feeling the full wrath of Gov. Paul LePage. During the past two years, he has cut the income guidelines of the Medicare Savings Program by 10 percent, added asset criteria, and eliminated the Drug for the Elderly benefits for folks on the Medicare Savings […]
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Six Maine hospitals face penalties for rates of infections, complications
The federal government is cracking down on half a dozen Maine hospitals for high rates of complications and infections. The six Maine facilities are among 721 hospitals nationally with high rates of infections and other patient injuries that will see their payments cut under the federal Medicare program, according to an analysis by Kaiser Health […]
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Federal court rejects Maine’s Medicaid cuts
AUGUSTA — About 6,000 19- and 20-year-old low-income Mainers will continue to receive health insurance coverage under MaineCare, the state’s Medicaid program, after a federal court ruling against ’s administration on Monday. Maine Department of Health and Human Services Commissioner Mary Mayhew said in a prepared statement that “judges have gone out of their way […]
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Retirement home to begin repaying West Paris
WEST PARIS — Ledgeview Living Center has agreed to begin repaying nearly $25,000 in back taxes, interest and fees owed to the town. The 81-bed assisted living facility is expected to pay an undisclosed amount in monthly installments starting in September, according to a deal struck with Town Manager John White. The agreement appears to […]