Thousands of Mainers struggle to afford health care coverage. With Congress unwilling to renew Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) subsidies or provide a reasonable alternative, premiums on the Maine marketplace are set to increase 30 to 100%. Many will select a high-deductible plan or skip insurance altogether.
Obamacare made health insurance accessible to a broad swath of people, but left the high cost of health care for another day. That day has come! Why is U.S. life expectancy four years less than comparable countries, despite having almost double the per-person health spending?
It is time to move forward with either Medicare for All at the national level or Maine AllCare’s state-based universal health care plan here in Maine.
Bob Kohl
Liberty
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