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What difference does it make if MPBN shuts down its towers in Calais and Fort Kent thus leaving Washington and Aroostook counties without an emergency broadcast system if the institutions that deal with those emergencies also are shut down because of ill-conceived state funding cuts?
In a move that received less media attention, the governor two weeks ago reduced Medicaid reimbursements to hospital-based physicians. Because the majority of patients seeking care at Maine's rural hospitals are either Medicaid or Medicare patients, this cut will have a profound effect on services and programs. In fact, it may mean hospitals no longer will be able to afford to employ physicians whose specialties serve Medicaid patients.See the full content of this document
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Cuts Hit Hospitals Hard
At Down East Community Hospital where almost 75 percent of our patients are c...
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