Some see the referendum as a moral imperative that will benefit workers and, ultimately, the state’s economy, but others anticipate tax increases to cover the costs.
Joe Lawlor
Staff Writer
Joe Lawlor writes about health and human services for the Press Herald. A 24-year newspaper veteran, Lawlor has worked in Ohio, Michigan and Virginia before relocating to Maine in 2013 to join the Press Herald. He is still considered “from away” but since then, he has learned what a “dooryard” is, eaten “whoopie pies” drank Moxie and boiled some “lobstahs.” The stories he enjoys most are when he learns something and meeting inspiring people.
He lives in South Portland - aka “SoPo” - with his wife, Melanie, and two school-age children.
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State approves Maine Medical Center’s plan for $512 million expansion, renovation
The project, the most extensive in the hospital’s history, would begin in 2018 and be done in 2022.
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Maine People’s Alliance launches in-home care referendum drive
The measure would be funded by a 1.9 percent tax on income earnings above $127,000, generating enough funding to help 30,000 Mainers.
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Anthem leaving Maine’s ACA marketplace, citing uncertainty
The insurer says it will not sell individual plans in 2018 and will reduce off-marketplace health policy options.
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Sen. Collins’ firm ‘no’ vote likely kills Republican health care bill
She cements her opposition to the Affordable Care Act repeal after the Congressional Budget Office says it would leave millions more uninsured.
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Sen. Collins, a pivotal vote, says she’s ‘leaning against’ Graham-Cassidy health care bill
The Republican from Maine lists serious deficiencies in her party’s latest effort to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.
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Planned Parenthood, ACLU sue Maine over law allowing only doctors to perform abortions
The plaintiffs say letting nurse practitioners and others provide the service will give women easier access, in a case that could affect 41 other states with restrictions like Maine’s.
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Groups that guide Mainers to ACA insurance plans avoid drastic cutbacks
Navigators for the health insurance marketplace, many housed in nonprofits, expected deeper cuts like those in other states.
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Sen. Collins teams up with Florida Democrat on bill to shore up ACA
Maine’s Republican senator and Bill Nelson offer a reinsurance plan that would help keep premiums in check, as the Senate yet again considers a bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act.
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Sen. Collins alarmed by Medicaid cuts, limits on pre-existing conditions in latest ACA repeal proposal
The Graham-Cassidy proposal would result in 32 million fewer Americans having health insurance, according to one study.