Who is counting on you to stay healthy this Valentine’s Day? Whether your best friend, pet, or significant other is your Valentine this year, being covered is a better gift than a dozen roses, and in some cases, cheaper too. Since open enrollment for health insurance through the Affordable Care Act ends on Feb. 15, […]
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Nearly 62,000 Mainers enroll on health exchange
AUGUSTA — Nearly 62,000 Mainers have selected insurance plans on the health care exchange. Federal officials said this week that 61,964 residents have enrolled as of Jan. 16. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services says that 35 percent of those people enrolled for coverage on the exchange for the first time. Sixty-five percent […]
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Rep. Larry Lockman: Democrats take wrong approach on health care
Here’s a New Year’s prediction you can take to the bank: The very same liberal ideologues whose policy prescriptions wrecked Maine’s health insurance market over the past several decades will work overtime this year to promote Obamacare as Mainers’ last best hope for affordable health insurance. And the professional left’s feel-good media campaign will be […]
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M. Larson: Decision is costing Maine money
Thanks to the Sun Journal for the informative piece about the Affordable Care Act in Maine (Dec. 28). It is encouraging that the ACA has been the catalyst for positive changes in the delivery of health care that it was meant to be. Gov. Paul LePage likes to tout that he paid debt owed the […]
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Blake Pooler: Finally insured, for $160 a month
Name: Blake Pooler Age: 34 Location: Augusta Insurance in 2014: None Blake Pooler found health insurance because of Hulu. A self-employed carpenter, he’d checked out insurance before, but he always found the prices “unrealistic” — $500, $600 a month — to cover him alone. He just couldn’t justify the expense. “If I had to go […]
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$22 a month: ‘I am totally flabbergasted’
Name: Irene Martin* Age: 62 Location: Richmond Insurance in 2014: Private pay Last year, Irene Martin knew she needed health insurance. She had spent years taking care of her ailing parents in New York. Now that she was back home in Richmond, she was starting to piece her life back together — and that meant […]
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Sherri Tripp: ‘I think it’s wonderful’
ACA 201 Online: A one-year checkup on how the ACA is doing in Maine and a subsidy calculator can be found at SunJournal.com/ACA201 Profiles of Mainers who bought health insurance through the ACA marketplace: Sherri Tripp: ‘I think it’s wonderful’ Blake Pooler: Finally insured, for $160 a month $22 a month: ‘I am totally flabbergasted’ Business owner: […]
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Mainers rushing to enroll on the health exchange
AUGUSTA — With the first important health care exchange deadline looming, Maine residents are scrambling to sign up for coverage to ensure their benefits will kick in with the start of the new year. Those who assist Mainers with sign-ups say they’ve seen a spike in requests for over-the-phone help and in-person appointments over the […]
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D. Dubuc: Insurance costs going to hurt
The front-page article Nov. 2 concerning the moderate increase in Affordable Care Act insurance premiums did not tell the whole story. The general public needs to know. That article made it sound as if all is well with Obamacare and that it is a great deal for businesses and the public sector. In reality, nothing […]
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Paris business mingles, grows on health care reform
PARIS — About two years ago, Dr. Dan Mingle stumbled across a niche in the health care market that would catapult his company forward. His business, Mingle Analytics — then a fledgling company with the potential for vast growth — was fueled by Mingle’s background in the medical field and the emerging need for analytics on electronic health […]