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PublishedApril 12, 2017
Maine Voices: ‘Death with dignity’ bill well-meaning, but overlooks drawbacks
Family and emotional issues leave assisted suicide open to abuse. Hospice care is a humane, less risky option.
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PublishedMarch 27, 2017
Anthem says it might ‘surgically extract’ itself from individual marketplace
Company CEO Joseph Swedish sent a letter to Congress saying significant changes are needed to the Affordable Care Act.
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PublishedMarch 26, 2017
Congressman resigns from Freedom Caucus
The conservative group is taking heat from all sides after Republicans failed to pass health care legislation.
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PublishedMarch 24, 2017
Trump, Republican leaders suffer setback with failure of health care bill
House Speaker Paul Ryan, who championed the bill along with the president, says the Affordable Care Act will remain in effect 'for the foreseeable future.'
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PublishedMarch 23, 2017
LePage throws support behind health-care overhaul but warns Congress shouldn’t rush
Maine's governor says repeal of the Affordable Care Act is key to federal tax reform.
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PublishedMarch 23, 2017
Republican health-care plan hangs in balance as House leaders push for floor vote
As of late this morning, 36 House Republicans – mainly conservatives – had announced their opposition to the bill, known as the American Health Care Act.
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PublishedMarch 21, 2017
Trump visits Hill, warns of political costs of rejecting health bill
The president predicts that many House Republicans will lose seats and the party will lose control of the chamber in next year's election if the bill fails, according to a source who was present in the closed-door meeting.
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PublishedMarch 21, 2017
Senate Republican holdouts split into rival camps on Obamacare overhaul
Republican leaders face a conundrum: If they move the bill to the right, moderates go running; move it to the left, and conservative opponents dig in.
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PublishedMarch 19, 2017
Mainers would pay up to 7 times more in premiums under House Republican ACA replacement bill
Residents ages 55 to 64 would be hit hardest by Congress' overhaul, and small-town Maine could see premiums jump sevenfold under the House plan.
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PublishedMarch 16, 2017
Sen. Collins says she can’t support House health care plan in current form
The moderate Republican says 'Older people living in rural America would be really left behind.'
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