But Mainers should never tire of hearing how she stood up to her party.
Affordable Care Act
Posted inHealth, Local & State, News
Failure of ‘skinny’ ACA repeal not a fix for Maine’s insurance market
Only a bipartisan effort to repair the flawed Affordable Care Act can prevent premiums from skyrocketing, insurance providers and advocates say.
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Posted inNation & World, Politics
Senate rejects ‘skinny’ repeal of ACA in major setback for Trump
The latest effort fails when Sen. John McCain votes with Sens. Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski against the president and Republican leaders.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Don’t take away Obamacare, which benefits small businesses, workers
The ACA needs to be fixed, not replaced by the Senate health care bill, which would do more harm than good for Maine residents.
Posted inGreg Kesich, Op-eds, Opinion
Greg Kesich: Poliquin’s bold tweet can’t hide his true record on health care
The 2nd District congressman can say that he’d vote ‘no’ on a hypothetical bill, but he already voted ‘yes’ on a real one.
Posted inPolitics
Former House speaker Boehner predicts Republicans will ‘never’ repeal and replace
He says their best hope is to peel away some tax provisions and regulations and end the insurance mandates.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Both political parties to blame for U.S. health care system’s ills
And the irony is, if we ‘let Obamacare fail,’ the federal government will have to step in and fix it.
Posted inBusiness, Health, Local & State, News
Community Health Options requests last-minute change to 2018 insurance plans
A low-cost plan proposed by Anthem has the co-op concerned about staying competitive in the Affordable Care Act’s individual marketplace.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Politics
Republican congressman from Texas appears to target Sen. Collins
Rep. Blake Farenthold bemoans opposition to the Senate health care bill by ‘female senators from the Northeast,’ and suggests he would challenge them to a duel if they were male and from Texas.
Posted inLocal & State, Nation & World, News, Politics
Collins opposes Senate health care vote Tuesday
Maine’s senior U.S. senator also repeats her criticism of President Trump’s comments on the Russia probe.