More than half underestimated their income and got oversized subsidies for 2014, requiring them to repay the money or receive reduced refunds.
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.
Maine’s uninsured rate dropped in first year of Affordable Care Act, poll shows
The number fell to 11.6 percent in 2014, the first year with a health care marketplace, but other factors also may have played a role.
Maine officials warn parents against sharing bed with infants
The five deaths in the past seven weeks are half of what Maine typically sees in a year, the state medical examiner says.
Federal government offers more time to buy health plans and avoid IRS penalties
The government also announced today that it had sent out erroneous tax information to 800,000 people.
Affordable Care Act enrollment puts Maine in rare company
The Telegram’s analysis of federal data shows that – with concentrations of self-employed residents, mostly on the coast – the state ranks fourth nationally in its embrace of subsidized health insurance.
For needy in Maine with dental concerns, reasons to smile
Portland-based Community Dental has ambitious plans to expand access to oral health care for children on MaineCare and for uninsured adults.
Community health clinics struggle with impact of MaineCare cuts
Patients who lost coverage are showing up at clinics across Maine, and the cost of treating them with little or no reimbursement is creating financial problems.
Maine CDC reposts ad for expert on diseases
The agency hopes to hire a state epidemiologist within the next three to four months, its director says.
Measles in 14 states, red flags in Maine
With the illness ‘just an airplane ride away,’ health officials push for vaccinations and legislators try to limit parents from opting out of them.
LePage says dropping methadone coverage is sound, but doctors disagree
Medical authorities and recovering addicts say science is on their side: Some users need methadone.