I am a disabled veteran of the United States Marine Corps. I am glad to have served my country for six years; however, I have been struggling with chronic pain for seven years. I have to depend on only the Veterans Administration for my health care, and it is completely frustrating. There are long waits […]
Affordable Care Act
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Maine facing deep cuts in Affordable Care Act sign-up assistance
The Trump administration is slashing outreach funding for the Affordable Care Act’s individual marketplace, and Maine will shoulder an 80 percent cut for a program that’s designed to help people sign up for 2019 insurance. Maine’s statewide federal funding will decline from $550,000 for 2018 coverage to $100,000 for 2019, after having largely been spared funding […]
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Affordable Care Act individual insurance rates expected to jump in Maine
As Maine’s providers of Affordable Care Act-compliant health insurance prepare to file their rate requests for 2019, analysts say they are expecting ACA individual insurance rates in Maine to increase by double digits as they have done in previous years. Both of Maine’s existing providers of Affordable Care Act individual health insurance say they plan […]
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Health insurance providers sign up for 2019
Both of Maine’s providers of Affordable Care Act individual health insurance say they plan to offer coverage again in 2019. Following Anthem’s exit from the ACA marketplace at the end of 2017, only Lewiston-based Community Health Options and Massachusetts-based Harvard Pilgrim Health Care continue to offer ACA-compliant individual health insurance in Maine. Health insurance providers […]
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Stand up for Mainers
I am deeply concerned about the new federal tax cut that will mostly hurt women, children and people with disabilities. I started my career working with children from my community who have mental disabilities, and my work inspires me to advocate more and help people with special needs. My work career also led me to […]
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'Affordable' care in question under Trump administration
Escalating premiums and deductibles have driven about 10,000 Mainers over a health care “cliff,” where they can barely afford coverage thanks to a vulnerability in the Affordable Care Act exploited by the actions of the Trump administration. Depending on the plan chosen, premiums have increased by about 70 percent or more since 2014 for people […]
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Collins now says tax reform vote wasn’t contingent on support for her bills to boost ACA
Sen. Susan Collins of Maine appeared Thursday to contradict previous comments she made that her vote for the Republican tax reform proposal that passed in December was based on promises she secured from Republican leaders that Affordable Care Act stabilization measures would be approved. Collins said the ACA measures were among numerous issues that were […]
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Affordable Care Act educational meeting
FARMINGTON — Affordable Care Act educational meeting will be held from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday, Nov. 28 and 29, at the Fairbanks Meeting House. The goal of the meeting is to clear any confusion about the ACA and the community members’ options and responsibilities. This is free to attend with local experts from The […]
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Health insurance at risk
As a registered nurse, I see people every day who can’t afford the health care that they need and deserve. Working Mainers and seniors regularly have to choose between paying for life-saving medicine and making rent or even putting enough food on the table. It is heartbreaking that, in the richest country in the world, […]
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Save our health care
I am concerned about all the turmoil in Washington, D.C., about keeping (with amendments) the Affordable Care Act or terminating it and installing some Republican version. Mark Shields, syndicated reporter/journalist, and David Brooks discussed the health care insurance issue on the PBS News Hour on Sept. 22. Shields said the effect of the latest Republican […]