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Maine Senate unanimously enacts Sen. Brenner bill to expand health care coverage for donor breast milk

Maine Senate unanimously enacts Sen. Brenner bill to expand health care coverage for donor breast milk

Posted: June 13, 2023

AUGUSTA — On Tuesday, the Maine Senate unanimously enacted a bill from Sen. Stacy Brenner, D-Scarborough. LD 267, “An Act to Require Private...

<strong>Sen. Brenner introduces legislation to expand health care coverage for donor breast milk</strong>

Sen. Brenner introduces legislation to expand health care coverage for donor breast milk

Posted: March 24, 2023

AUGUSTA — On Thursday, Sen. Stacy Brenner, D-Scarborough, introduced a bill to expand health care coverage by requiring private insurance carriers...

Bangor Daily News: Grants to help at-risk students ignites fight over what federal funds are OK to accept

Posted: June 30, 2014

By Seth Koenig Read more here PORTLAND, Maine — All in attendance at the news conference in Portland on Friday afternoon agreed that $11.3 million...

LEPAGE VETOES EXPANSION FOR FOURTH TIME

Posted: April 30, 2014

Maine is only state in New England to deny expansion offer   AUGUSTA--Governor LePage took another opportunity to deny lifesaving health care...

Morning Sentinel: 126th Legislature recesses with clear winners and losers

Posted: April 20, 2014

By Steve Mistler Read more here Despite veto battles on the horizon, lawmakers can say they’ve managed to make some Mainers’ lives better....

NH-STYLE EXPANSION BILL APPROVED IN SENATE

Posted: April 17, 2014

Private Option provision moves forward   AUGUSTA— In a 19-14 vote, the Senate approved an amended version of a bill to increase access to...

SENATE REPUBLICANS SUSTAIN LEPAGE VETO, DENY HEALTHCARE TO 70,000 MAINERS

Posted: April 11, 2014

AUGUSTA—In a 22-13 vote, Senate Republicans sustained Governor Paul LePage’s veto of a Republican-sponsored compromise measure to accept...

Lewiston Sun Journal: Maine Medicaid expansion bill passes in Senate, goes to LePage

Posted: March 28, 2014

By Mario Moretto Read more here AUGUSTA — All eyes are on Republican Gov. Paul LePage after the state Senate on Friday granted final passage to a...

SENATE ENACTS EXPANSION COMPROMISE BILL TO PROVIDE HEALTHCARE TO 70,000 MAINERS

Posted: March 28, 2014

Lawmakers urge Governor LePage to put politics aside and sign bill AUGUSTA—This morning the Senate enacted a Republican-sponsored measure to accept...

Weekly Radio Address: Senator Johnson says, “Governor should sign expansion for the tens of thousands of Mainers whose lives will be improved, will be healthier, and perhaps even be saved"

Posted: March 14, 2014

  Good morning, this is State Senator Chris Johnson of Somerville. For the better part of a year there’s been considerable debate about...