Competition among metro-area hospitals pulls prices down, but the outsourcing of patients leads to higher costs in Maine.
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Patients slow to warm up to telemedicine, prefer in-person visits
Still, 80 percent of mid-size and large U.S. companies offered the virtual service last year.
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Health groups take aim at insurance companies’ medication policies
A pending bill would give doctors and patients more say when insurance companies balk at reimbursement and require them to try less expensive alternatives to prescribed medication or treatment.
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Lawmaker proposing MaineCare dental benefit for low-income adults
The proposal by Rep. Drew Gattine would make Maine the 34th state to provide some form of dental coverage, which is now available only to children under the Medicaid program.
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Anthem promotes industry veteran to Maine commercial business president
Denise McDonough has more than 20 years in the health insurance industry.
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ACA enrollment down slightly in Maine and across the nation
More than 71,000 Mainers signed up for the health insurance coverage, about a 5 percent decrease from last year.
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ACA sign-ups in Maine appear to be down as deadline for 2019 nears
Republican moves to undercut the Affordable Care Act may be the cause, but another reason may be that more Mainers are just keeping their current plans.
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Affordable Care Act enrollment drops sharply in Maine
Early enrollment figures show a decline of more than 30 percent compared with a year ago.
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The View From Here: Health costs headed for a crisis
When ‘the lucky ones’ pay more each year for insurance that covers less, something’s got to give.
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With Affordable Care Act enrollment set to begin, some will lose and others will win
Lower-income Mainers will have a harder time finding zero-premium plans in 2019, but some who were paying high premiums will see their costs go down.