The bungled launch of the federal health insurance website has unleashed significant disorder — but not everywhere. Life remains calm in many states that set up their own health care exchanges. Some are so confident of the rightness of the health care reforms that they’re rejecting President Obama’s proposal to let people keep their inadequate […]
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R. Lacombe: America is dying
It is imperative that America be resuscitated and placed on life support until we know the outcome on Jan. 15, 2014, and perhaps indefinitely. A major factor of the outcome facing America is Obamacare. It was actually introduced to fail. The ultimate objective, as I understand it, is a 100 percent takeover by the government […]
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S. Lunt: Let them pay their own way
Congratulations on the Sun Journal editorial showing why people need Obamacare (Nov. 15). It was well-reasoned, persuasive and positive. Rex Rhoades left out part of the story though. He didn’t want to throw stones. Allow me. For years now, some citizens and corporations have been free-riding regarding medical care. They have foregone health insurance because […]
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Maine hospitals reluctant to play lead role in implementing Obamacare
AUGUSTA — A lobbyist for the Maine Hospital Association says that at least half of the state’s hospitals have specialists on hand to help uninsured visitors sign up for health insurance on the exchanges launched last month as part of the Affordable Care Act. Still, the hospitals are wary about taking a lead role in […]
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Rich Lowry: Obama’s promise was completely impossible
President Barack Obama just admitted that the “settled law of the land” isn’t the least bit settled, and it hasn’t been sabotaged by Republicans so much as by the ignorance and incompetence of his own administration. Presidents have had worse press conferences than President Obama’s announcing a “fix” for people losing their health insurance, but […]
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Defying veto threat, House OKs health law change
WASHINGTON — Brushing aside a White House veto threat, the Republican-controlled House voted by a healthy bipartisan majority Friday to weaken a core component of “Obamacare” and permit the sale of individual health coverage that falls short of requirements in the law. In all, 39 Democrats broke ranks and supported the legislation, a total that […]
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Feds: About 270 Mainers selected health plans
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — About 270 Maine residents successfully signed up for health insurance plans on the troubled federal website in the first month of open enrollment, health officials said Wednesday. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released the highly anticipated enrollment figures for healthcare.gov, which has been plagued with problems and glitches […]
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W. Cary: He offered no regrets
An Associated Press article in the Sun Journal Nov. 8 referred to an apology from Barack Obama. He said that he was sorry that people have lost or will lose their health care insurance. A quick re-reading of his confusing quote will reveal that he is not apologizing. He is expressing sympathy with someone else’s […]
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T. Shields: Problems with Obamacare
“Obamacare” is suffering from the results of careless preparation without testing it first. We should have seen this coming after Congress passed it without reading it. The exemptions from participating in it for special people are glaring discriminations. The U.S. Constitution does not give the federal government the power to require citizens to buy a […]
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Froma Harrop: Eyes will dry over Obamacare
About the Obamacare website rollout: So-rry. Yes, it’s a mess. Tears of apology have flooded the streets of Washington, raising the Potomac to dangerous levels. But the federal health plan’s website will be fixed. (The state exchanges seem to have it right.) Once Americans can get inside the doors, most should appreciate their options. To […]