Pajama Boy’s place in Internet infamy was secured as soon as the insufferable man-child was tweeted out by Organizing for America. He is the face of a Web ad that is the latest effort by the Obama team to leverage the holidays for conversation about Obamacare. “Wear pajamas,” the ad reads. “Drink hot chocolate. Talk […]
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Selectmen change Oxford policy to avoid ACA requirements
OXFORD — Selectmen voted Thursday to amend the maximum number of hours part-time employees can work in order to avoid providing them with health insurance as required by the Affordable Care Act. The national health care law requires employers of more than 50 people to provide health care coverage to those who work 30 hours […]
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Obama administration says it’s on track to meet health care website goal, but questions remain
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration says it will meet its self-imposed deadline of fixing the troubled health care website so that 50,000 people can log in at the same time starting late Saturday. Yet questions remain about the stability of the site, the volume of traffic it can handle and the quality of the […]
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R. Melendy: Be patient with the ACA
Congratulations to the Sun Journal for its editorial (Nov. 14) about the Affordable Care Act. It was accurate, timely and informative for the general public. The editorial posed the question of why the law was passed initially and included the answers: — So people would not suffer and die as a result of not having […]
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L. Snowe Mello: Truth prevails in the end
I do not understand why the president of the United States misled Americans by telling us that, under the Affordable Care Act, we could keep our health insurance plans if we so wished. Now we find out that was untrue. Was President Obama aware of that? Evidence is showing that he was aware. People across […]
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J. Thompson: Make it work or get rid of it
I believe health care should be available to all, but I am extremely disappointed with the Affordable Care Act. When the act was introduced, I was skeptical and knew that making insurance companies include benefits such as pre-existing conditions, maternity/pediatric care, while keeping dependents on policies until 26 years old, etc., would increase costs to […]
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N. Bourgoin: Affordable Care Act
A bill that was put together by Democrats behind closed doors, so determined to have it implemented that Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., was quoted as saying, “We have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it.” Not having been read, it was approved by a Democratic House and Democratic […]
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Leonard Pitts: Obama’s legacy teeters on the brink
Dear Mr. President: You lied. More often than anyone can count you’ve said some version of the following in defense of the Affordable Care Act: “If you like your health-care plan, you’ll be able to keep your health-care plan, period.” We learn now that perhaps as many as 2 million Americans cannot, in fact, do […]
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Rich Lowry: Democrats must own up to Obamacare’s many failures
Henry Waxman made a plea Wednesday at the end of a House hearing grilling Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius. The California Democrat asked Republicans to reach across the aisle to work with Democrats to improve Obamacare. Yes, Henry Waxman, who has made a career of ideological witch hunts and smash-mouth partisanship, wants a […]
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Medicare benefits could be affected by changing counties
LIVERMORE FALLS — If Livermore Falls voters OK a move from Androscoggin County to Franklin County in the Nov. 5 referendum, the Medicare benefits for some residents could be affected. “I want to make sure the property taxes address my cost in health insurance,” said resident Ron Chadwick. He has heard from other people who […]