As a practicing physician, these are the observations I have on the Affordable Care Act. I now see adult patients who previously never had medical coverage. I treat young adults for injuries because they are able to stay on their parents’ policies to age 26. Some patients who have complicated, expensive medical conditions no longer […]
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Undeserved attacks on the ACA
I am writing on my own behalf, but also the many thousands of Mainers who face losing health insurance if the Affordable Care Act is dismantled. In 2015, my husband retired after a 45-year professional career. I lost his employer-sponsored health insurance coverage but was able to enroll in a marketplace plan with a moderate […]
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ACA has been a life saver
The Affordable Care Act is under attack by Congress — as are other health issues such as Medicare and Medicaid. In this assault, the well-being of more than 70,000 Mainers who have gained health care under the ACA — not to mention the 20 million nationwide — could be wiped out in a single Congressional […]
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Sen. Susan Collins seeks to delay Obamacare’s repeal
Maine’s senior senator joined four Republican colleagues late Monday to hit the brakes on a bid to quickly repeal the Affordable Care Act. In her amendment to the budget reconciliation measure that includes a provision to repeal Obamacare, U.S. Sen. Susan Collins seeks to extend the bill’s timeline to allow GOP leaders to develop an […]
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An appeal to Sen. Collins
Sen. Susan Collins presents herself as an advocate of good government. In 2009, she voted against the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) partly because she had problems with how it was enacted. But the policy has worked pretty well. Millions of Americans now have health insurance who didn’t have it before and, according to the Agency […]
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Support single-payer insurance
The Affordable Care Act has been flawed from its very beginning, when it turned over its administration to private insurers. Since then, and more so now, the nation has witnessed a decline in its “affordability” as the immensely profitable health care industry complains that it can’t make enough profit on the policies assigned to it […]
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Mainers to see slight hike in ACA insurance premiums
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine residents who buy Affordable Care Act insurance are going to see modest increases in their premiums. The Portland Press Herald reports (http://bit.ly/1Oqtbna) the state’s premiums will stay below the national average and significantly lower than the double-digit increases projected in some cities. The ACA marketplace allows those without insurance to […]
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J. Sytsma: Raise the quality of health care
By now, most people must realize how expensive the health care system has become under the Affordable Care Act. Who is paying for all the subsidies to private health care corporations? Taxpayers are. Who is paying their millionaire CEOs, their lobbyists, lawyers, stockholders and for the TV ads? The taxpayers are. The Affordable Care Act […]
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Med-Care board explains subsidy rate hike at info meeting
MEXICO — Wednesday night’s informational meeting by Med-Care Ambulance Service’s Board of Directors to explain the reasoning behind its recent subsidy hike only attracted four people from two of its 11 member towns. Board President Steve Brown gave an overview of the ambulance service itself that was formed by Andover, Byron, Canton, Carthage, Dixfield, Hanover, […]
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Med-Care Ambulance to hold info meeting on subsidy hike Feb. 25
MEXICO — To explain the new subsidy hike for its 11 towns, Med-Care Ambulance will hold a meeting at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 25, in its new building at 290 Highland Terrace. The hike has nothing to do with paying for the new building, Med-Care board President Steve Brown said. Rather, due to several unforeseen […]