The proposed increases for individual health plans average just over 9 percent, and they will be reduced further if a state-run reinsurance program is revived.
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Affordable Care Act individual insurance rates expected to jump in Maine
As the state’s two providers look to 2019 premiums, analysts predict double-digit increases.
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Community Health Options, Harvard Pilgrim plan to offer 2019 ACA coverage in Maine
They remain the only health insurance companies offering ACA-compliant insurance to Mainers.
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Sen. Collins: Health insurance rate increases were avoidable
For example, eliminating the individual mandate should not have been linked to the tax cut plan without more ACA fixes.
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Sen. Collins says she’s not giving up on fixes for Affordable Care Act
The Maine Republican, however, says she’s not optimistic that such measures will be considered by Congress this year.
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Soaring premiums send thousands in Maine over a health care cliff
Insurance costs have grown by as much as 110 percent for those who earn too much to receive Affordable Care Act subsidies.
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Supporters of voter-approved Medicaid expansion press LePage, lawmakers as deadline nears
The administration, however, shows no sign of changing its stance that it will take no action until the expansion ‘has been appropriately funded.’
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-Eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Save the sick by preserving the Affordable Care Act
At a time when Sen. Susan Collins could make a real difference, she is caving to partisan gamesmanship.
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Health care fixes that secured Sen. Collins’ vote on tax bill are in jeopardy
She tries to rally support as her bill to bolster deteriorating ACA marketplaces stalls despite Republican promises it would pass if she backed tax reform.
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ACA enrollments for 2018 decline 3% nationwide
Nearly 11.8 million people bought insurance under the Affordable Care Act despite repeated efforts by the White House and the Republican-led Congress to repeal the program and otherwise undermine it.