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yupuhoh t1_j6benlz wrote

Depends what part of the county. I'd suggest staying close to Bangor and have your medical needs taken care of there

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runner64 t1_j6ehd54 wrote

As someone who lives in Bangor- your needs will not be taken care of here. Northern Light owns every practice in town and they are a joke. I waited months for a urology appointment only to have the urologist tell me to just ask my GP for painkillers. EMMC fucked up their billing so bad that 6 months worth of procedures and follow up appointments were sent to my insurance as one $35,000 line-item marked “etc.” I spent eighteen months being repeatedly sent to collections and having my credit score trashed because they can’t get their shit together. The entire medical complex has one phone number which will connect you to a random operator out of state somewhere, with no way to escalate or speak to anyone knowledgeable if something goes wrong, which it will.

tl;dr if you need urgent care, mental health services, or rely on insurance to help cover costs, Bangor’s not the place to be

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yupuhoh t1_j6ei0ha wrote

Never had a problem. Lifelong resident of searsport until moving to caribou. Back surgeries. Kidney surgeries. Major car accident in a coma for 5 days and between Belfast and Bangor they saved my life. You got screwed for sure. Everyone up here goes to Bangor for anything severe.

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