Health care

Maine Med nurses ratify union contract with 21% pay increase, workplace protections

The three-year contract also includes more meal break coverage as well as financial and time-off benefits to help retain and recruit experienced nurses.

🔒Health care: More turmoil ahead for health care providers and patients

In 2026, more turmoil is coming for health care providers and patients

🔒Gray clinic to close amid statewide strains on health care services

Gray Family Health Center is slated to close March 6, the latest in a statewide trend of health care service shutdowns over the past year.

Study casts doubt on Maine’s medical school ambitions

UMaine is well positioned to start a public medical school, but $250 million in startup costs plus tens of millions for operations mean the project is not financially feasible.

Court halts controversial changes to drug discount program

Steven Michaud, president of the Maine Hospital Association, welcomed the ruling “as a huge victory for Maine hospitals and their patients."

Skowhegan hospital promotes longtime employee to CEO

Tiffany Comis, a former nurse at Readington-Fairview General Hospital who has been with the hospital for more than two decades, succeeds longtime leader Richard “Dick” D. Willett.

Health pulse: Hospital expansions, closings and related news from 2025

Problems are being addressed by individual hospitals and hospital systems trying to figure out how to provide the right amount of services and preserve access to care without going broke.

$190M in federal funds headed to Maine’s rural hospitals

Steven Michaud, president of the Maine Hospital Association, said the funding helps mitigate some of the damage caused by rolled back support for Medicaid.