Maine’s hospitals chase financial stability as Medicaid cuts loom

Portland Press Herald

Hospitals are required by state law to provide free, medically necessary services to low-income and uninsured patients. Rural hospitals, which serve a higher proportion of the uninsured population, would be most impacted, said James Myall, an analyst at the Maine Center for Economic Policy.

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