This November’s ballot initiative to expand the program comes with both financial and human costs.
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Maine Voices: The time for universal health care and single-payer is near
We should not have to wait another 17 years to see a change that is so critically needed now.
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Trump’s executive order could alter Maine insurance market
Some insurers and health care advocates fear the president’s plan could lead to rising premiums in Affordable Care Act plans if young people seek out cheaper options, but the impact is hard to predict.
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Another View: Question 2 would get health care to Mainers who need it
A legislator’s commentary about Medicaid expansion doesn’t address the real struggles people face.
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Commentary: MaineCare expansion would force bad results for Mainers on the margins
Approving the expansion at the ballot box would force some Mainers onto Medicaid insurance.
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Our View: Care shortage puts women and infants at risk
Proposals to eliminate the ACA and gut Medicaid undercut innovative efforts to meet critical medical needs.
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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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Maine Voices: Our political system needs an independent, solution-driven third party
Too often Democratic and Republican political parties agree on a goal, like health insurance for all, but get stuck in battles over ideology.
Posted inHealth, Local & State, Nation & World, News, Politics
Trump administration’s cuts to ACA outreach will damage enrollment efforts in Maine, experts say
Nonprofits in Maine are braced for a 40 percent cut in federal grants that help states get people signed up for insurance.
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Affordable Care Act plans head for double-digit hikes in Maine
The state’s three providers under the law will have to reduce their rate requests to gain approval, but are likely to get increases of 17.5 percent to 27.1 percent.