When you or a loved one is sick, you want to get the best healthcare there is. That's why we are so grateful to have five of the world's best hospitals right here in New England.
Hospitals are lobbying state lawmakers to begin paying off Maine's Medicaid debt. The state owes hospitals $186 million dating back to 2009. That needs to be paid. That debt is a road block to $298 million in federal matching funds that hospital officials say they need desperately.
A national group has found 13 rural hospitals to be the best in the United States. But get this, out of the 13, five are in Maine! Maine is the only state to have more than one rural hospital on the list.