Public health spending is at a 10-year high in Maine after it and the rest of the country scrambled to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. Those who depend on it fear any retrenchment would set back any response to the next pandemic.States have seen billions of dollars in federal aid to fight the pandemic over the last two years.

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    11/29/2024 - 8:13 pm | View Link
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