The Mills administration credits a reform combining individual and small-market plans, but Republicans call the 0.8 percent decrease ‘a one-time, election-year minuscule savings.’
Affordable Care Act
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New insurer in Maine’s ACA marketplace to offer hybrid health insurance
Taro Health will offer direct primary care packaged with conventional health insurance in Cumberland County beginning in 2023, and says it could go statewide in a few years.
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Individuals could see 15 percent rate increase for ACA insurance
A variety of factors are driving Affordable Care Act rate increases in Maine and across the country, including COVID-19, the expiration of tax credits, inflation, and health care workforce shortages.
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66,000 Mainers enroll in first year of state health insurance marketplace
More than 80% of them are receiving financial assistance.
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Commentary: Rare form of slow-moving cancer can hide behind common symptoms
Symptom awareness of carcinoid cancer, my husband’s killer, is the key to earlier diagnoses, which can in turn save lives.
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Maine launching state-run health insurance marketplace for 2022 enrollment
The new website, coverme.gov, replaces healthcare.gov for purchasing insurance under the Affordable Care Act.
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Jim Fossel: Democracy demands action from the political center
If moderates from both parties don’t assert themselves, extremists will dominate the debate.
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U.S. Supreme Court rejects challenge to Obamacare
The justices left the entire law intact in a ruling handed down Thursday morning.
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Biden: 1 million have already signed up for health care during special enrollment
Biden reopened the HealthCare.gov insurance markets in February for a special six-month sign-up opportunity that will go through Aug. 15.
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Biden administration revives anti-bias protections in health care for transgender people
Federal health officials say discrimination based on sex includes gender identity and sexual orientation.