Maine’s homeless shelters get long-awaited emergency funding

A 1950s medical model grows in Maine. With expected steep cuts to Medicaid, there’s a growing movement in Maine of primary care providers skipping insurance altogether. Click the image to read this story by Rose Lundy of The Maine Monitor.

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Maine’s homeless shelters get long-awaited emergency funding | Bangor Daily News

Maine fails to establish a statewide system to track rape kits, for the second time | Portland Press Herald

Planned Parenthood wants money from Maine to offset Donald Trump’s cuts | Bangor Daily News

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Nearly a third of Mainers rely on MaineCare, the state’s version of Medicaid. This could change under the so-called “Big Beautiful Bill” that was signed into law by President Donald Trump. The legislation is poised to slash funding for Medicaid nationally by nearly $1 trillion over the next 10 years.

This legislation includes work requirements for Medicaid recipients, which the state Department of Health and Human Services has estimated would result in 31,000 Mainers losing their coverage within the first year.

The Maine Monitor is interested in hearing from people who rely on MaineCare. If you have concerns about how the funding cuts could impact you or that of your family, please fill out our survey below or reach out to Maine Monitor reporter Rose Lundy at rose@themainemonitor.org.

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