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Commentary: Dental care is health care. Mainers need access to it.
L.D. 1501 provides a way for the dental profession and our state to protect all children from preventable dental disease.
By Lori K. Gramlich and Steve MillsSpecial to the Press Herald
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For over a year, the pandemic has shown us how public health policies can create a domino effect, affecting families, schools and the entire economy. We have also seen how good public health policy, such as prioritizing the COVID-19 vaccination rollout, has saved lives, gotten people back to work and allowed us to safely hug our loved ones again. But for decades, we have been seeing the negative impacts of an area of public health that has not been prioritized here in Maine, and that’s dental care.
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Reps. Gramlich and Madigan: Concerns for foster kids highlight system that falls short
As the Legislature sets priorities this year, we cannot afford to neglect the critical services necessary for Maine children in foster care.
By Rep. Lori Gramlich and Rep. Colleen Madigan
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CUMBERLAND FORESIDE, ME - JANUARY 6: Jack Woodcock is a lawyer who has filed a federal class action lawsuit against the state of Maine on behalf of children in foster care who are being given psychotropic drugs without proper safeguards and oversight. (Staff photo by Ben McCanna/Staff Photographer) Ben McCanna/Staff Photographer
As lifelong advocates for the health and protection of Maine’s children, we are stunned by the Maine Department of Health and Human Services’ difficulties addressing the issue of monitoring the prescription of psychotropic drugs among our state’s fostered population.