As a household doctor, well being advocate and legislator, I’ve appreciated how Gov. Mills, a Democrat, has dramatically superior Maine’s well being and vibrancy throughout powerful instances.
Mills administration management took us from arguably probably the most weak to being among the many best-performing states versus COVID-19. A 12 months earlier than the virus was found, she activated public well being mechanisms (which the Legislature had created to gradual the LePage administration’s naive gutting of public well being infrastructure). She additionally assembled and resourced a dream crew at Maine Division of Well being and Human Providers/Middle for Illness Management and Prevention.
She fostered entry to well being care via expanded MaineCare eligibility (practically 100,00 Mainers); oral well being protection (over 200,000), and equitable reproductive well being care.
Her administration adopted a treatment-based method to deal with the opioid epidemic, according to finest practices and bipartisan state insurance policies. (The LePage administration, as an alternative, had emphasised a failed law-enforcement method, and Mainers continued to undergo.)
Maine’s absolute best well being outlook depends upon reelecting Gov. Mills.
Sam Zager, M.D.
Democratic state consultant
Portland
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