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What we're reading
— "Facility fees," which are charges for simply being treated in a hospital, are among the major factors driving unexpectedly high medical bills in Maine, according to a Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram investigation.
— The unusual dispute between Maine Medical Center and Anthem, the state's largest insurer, had an even more unusual resolution.
— Meet the University of Maine researchers who are researching self-driving cars and virtual reality in the imposing former home of the art department.
— The pogie, a key lobster bait fish, is booming and regulators want to allow Maine fishermen to catch more of them.
— Three Hancock County schools are installing filtration systems after finding high levels of forever chemicals in their drinking water. |
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| 📷 This screenshot is taken from a Congressional Leadership Fund ad against U.S. Rep. Jared Golden, a Democrat from Maine's 2nd District. |
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A Republican group is spending big on ads against a Maine congressman's latest major vote.
— The ad from the Congressional Leadership Fund hits U.S. Rep. Jared Golden, a Democrat from the 2nd District, for his vote in favor of the Inflation Reduction Act, the Democrats' major health care, climate and tax measure.
— It is the Republican super PAC's first ad against Golden in his race with former Rep. Bruce Poliquin, a Republican, and independent Tiffany Bond. The group put $750,000 behind it, Politico reported Friday.
— The most-cited nonpartisan analysis of the so-called Inflation Reduction Act estimates little to no effect on inflation in the long term. But the ad makes a number of spurious claims about the so-called Inflation Reduction Act that Republicans have repeated in the past month, including by exaggerating the bill's effects on the IRS workforce.
Providing legal representation to families in the child welfare system is the focus of a legislative panel.
— The idea of a pilot program expanding access to legal representation in Maine's system came from a bill that sailed through the Legislature this year that came as a response to advocates reporting an overreliance on state caseworkers to inform families of their rights under the law.
— A commission studying the idea is holding its second meeting of the year this morning, with members scheduled to get an update from Todd Landry, director of the Maine Office of Child and Family Services. Watch it. |
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