Miles Delivers Action Coalition

§ 01 — Financial Dashboard

The numbers MaineHealth isn't talking about

FY2024 $8.7M Miles net income
5.56% Miles operating margin
0.94% MaineHealth system margin

The Miles campus is profitable and outperforms its parent system. Charts, tables, and peer comparisons drawn directly from audited MaineHealth financials and public Form 990 filings — the data that contradicts the case for closure.

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§ 02 — Research Dossier

Evidence, analysis, and the full record

A comprehensive brief: audited financials, federal grant documentation (RMOMS, MERGE), demand data, York Hospital comparisons, and a line-by-line accounting of what MaineHealth has said versus what the record actually shows.

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Demand & Consequences

MaineHealth calls the birth center 'unsustainable.' But the data tell a different story.

→ The number of birthing-age women in Lincoln County is rising, up 10% since 2020 → Deliveries at Miles increased 40 percent from 2019 to 2024. And the research on what happens after rural L&D units close is clear; there will be sharp upticks in maternal and child mortality.

Step 01

Need is growing

+40% deliveries at Miles, 2019–2024
+9% women 25–44 in Lincoln County, 2020–2024 (3,420 → 3,734)

MaineHealth calls the unit unsustainable.

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Step 02

L&D closes

The only labor-and-delivery unit serving central Lincoln County ends services

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Step 03

Infant mortality doubles

Rural L&D closures are associated with doubled infant mortality rates.
Mills, Maine's Rural Maternity Crisis: A Policy Agenda (2025)

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Step 04

Maternal morbidity ↗

Obstetric unit closures are associated with a 33–55% increase in severe maternal morbidity in the affected population.
Geonnotti (2024); McGregor et al. (2021)