Many aspects of the plan, including typical premiums and deductibles, remain unclear.
Affordable Care Act
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Maine’s rural hospitals fear crisis if Obamacare is repealed without comparable replacement
By insuring tens of thousands of their patients, the Affordable Care Act has helped hospitals and clinics to stay open.
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Interactive maps: ACA enrollment is highest in areas where Mainers work for themselves
Towns with higher self-employment rates – such as coastal fishing communities – tend to have greater rates of enrollment in the Affordable Care Act’s health insurance marketplaces.
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Maine fishermen hooked on Obamacare, but now benefits are threatened
Enrollment levels are high in Maine communities where lobstermen tend to live, and many have coverage for the first time.
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InterMed won’t take new patients insured by Community Health Options
The Portland-based health care provider cites the insurer’s ‘financial struggles’ and concerns that the co-op won’t be able to pay claims.
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Hundreds rally in Portland to support Affordable Care Act
A group of Maine Democrats hosted the gathering on the steps of Portland City Hall, and about 600 people attended.
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Pence says Trump’s first priority is undoing Affordable Care Act
He tells House Republicans that on Jan. 20 Trump will use his power through executive orders to target the health care law and other policies.
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Maine Voices: As Congress alters health care law, coverage of cystic fibrosis patients essential
Some proposed policy reforms would harm a group that desperately needs access to affordable treatment.
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Mainers are signing up for Obamacare in record numbers
Enrollment may surpass the 2016 total by 10 percent, even as Donald Trump and Congress prepare their repeal effort.
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Sen. Collins has ‘reservations’ about privatizing Medicare, repealing health care law without replacement
Those positions would put Maine’s Republican senator at odds with party leaders, who are expected to pursue both initiatives in the new year.