During a closed-door session with supporters of a conservative foundation, U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin said the assertion that the House health care bill he voted for would cut Medicaid “is a flat-out untruthful statement.” Whether he’s right or not is likely to be a key point in his re-election battle during the next 14 months […]
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Maine's Susan Collins helps block last GOP health care plan in Senate
Through one of Capitol Hill’s strangest weeks, two Republican senators hailing from the northernmost states on the east and west coasts consistently voted against every variation of health care reform offered by a GOP majority desperate to repeal, and perhaps replace, the Affordable Care Act. U.S. Sens. Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of […]
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Texas congressman suggests he'd like to challenge Susan Collins to duel
A Texas congressman raised the possibility of a duel with U.S. Sen. Susan Collins during a radio interview Friday. U.S. Rep. Blake Farenthold, a Republican, told a Corpus Christi radio host that the GOP’s health care bill was sidelined by women senators. “The fact that the Senate does not have the courage to do some […]
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Susan Collins, Angus King both oppose revised Senate health care bill
A new health care proposal by the Senate GOP may face a rocky future. Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins of Maine said changes made to the measure’s first draft aren’t enough. “Still deep cuts to Medicaid in Senate bill,” she said in a statement on Twitter, where she said she’ll vote no on whether to […]
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Public health nurses win over Senate, look to House next
AUGUSTA — The Republican-controlled Senate overwhelmingly gave its approval Wednesday to a proposal, opposed by Gov. Paul LePage’s administration, that would force him to more than double the size of its public health nursing division. Sen. Roger Katz, R-Augusta, said that lawmakers “can sit by and idly watch the dismantling of our public health system” […]
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Maine may offer path forward for GOP health care plan
As Republicans scramble to try to come up with a successor to the Affordable Care Act, or at least an alternative that can win over a majority of the GOP-controlled House, many are looking to Maine for a possible model. In recent days, they’ve been talking about the high-risk pool established in Maine to provide […]
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Attorney General Janet Mills launches consumer scam alerts program
Maine Attorney General Janet Mills launched a new effort Friday to provide regular alerts warning about consumer scams that she said snare too many Mainers. “We get hundreds of calls every week from people who got scammed,” Mills said following an address at the annual Fill the Plate Breakfast to benefit the Meals on Wheels […]
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White House rallies GOP around American Health Care Act
WASHINGTON (AP) — Coverage of the new Republican legislation to replace the health care law (all times local): Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price speaks during the White House press briefing Tuesday, March 7, 2017, in Washington. Price says GOP health care a ‘work in progress’ Updated 2:05 p.m.: Health and Human Services Secretary […]
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Central Maine HealthCare names Jeff Brickman as CEO
LEWISTON — Central Maine Healthcare went outside the company — and the state — to find its next president and CEO. The Central Maine Healthcare board of directors on Wednesday named Jeff Brickman as the group’s next president and chief executive officer. “Following a thorough search and interview process, the board unanimously endorsed Jeff Brickman as […]
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Appeals court delivers setback to Obama’s immigration plan
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal appeals court has ruled against President Barack Obama’s plan to protect an estimated 5 million people living in the United States illegally from deportation. In a 2-1 decision Monday, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a Texas-based federal judge’s injunction blocking the administration’s immigration initiative. Republicans had […]