Maine’s enrollment is at about 58,000, which is down so far from the final enrollment of 64,678 in 2025.
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ACA enrollment for 2026 declines in Maine as thousands cancel plans
The drop comes after Congress failed to extend certain tax credits that expire at the end of the year, leading premiums to increase by an average of 77% in Maine.
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ACA tax credits are set to expire. What is Maine’s congressional delegation doing?
Prospects for a deal among Democrats and Republicans are uncertain ahead of a key vote in the Senate on Thursday.
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Small business owners in Maine facing huge spikes in ACA premiums
Enhanced tax credits that help people afford marketplace health insurance plans are set to expire unless they are extended.
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Maine small business owners bracing for soaring health care premiums if ACA tax credits expire
They join self-employed workers at a roundtable Monday to discuss the potentially devastating increases with U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-1st District, and Gov. Janet Mills.
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At the Legislature: The Affordable Care Act matters to the people who matter most in our lives
This year, it’s important to remember that the people who matter most in our lives have something in common: The Affordable Care Act is making their health care more affordable and easier to access.
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Angus King, Marco Rubio look to fix conflict between Social Security and ACA
SCARBOROUGH (AP) — Maine’s independent U.S. senator says he’s attempting to fix a conflict in federal law that creates a burden for recipients of disability benefits. Sen. Angus King says the conflict affects people who qualify for Affordable Care Act subsidies and have recently been approved as eligible for Social Security Disability Insurance. King says […]
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Short-term health plans coming to Maine won’t cover pre-existing conditions, or much else
New low-cost, short-term health insurance plans allowed by the Trump administration will be available in Maine this fall, but health care advocates say the plans won’t provide protections for pre-existing conditions and are filled with loopholes to avoid paying claims. Mitchell Stein, a Maine-based health insurance consultant, said many of the short-term plans, which cost […]
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Maine industry leaders embrace new health insurance rules that lower costs – and benefits
Industry leaders in Maine say they welcome new rules issued Tuesday by the Trump administration that will allow national trade organizations, local chambers of commerce and other business groups to offer their own health insurance plans to their members. But some health care advocates criticized the new rules, saying they could further destabilize the state’s […]
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Maine’s ACA insurers seek rate increases for 2019
Maine’s two leading providers of Affordable Care Act-compliant individual health insurance are requesting average rate increases of just over 9 percent in 2019, and smaller increases if a state-run reinsurance program is revived. Massachusetts-based Harvard Pilgrim Health Care is requesting an average premium increase of 9.5 percent for its individual plans on Maine’s ACA marketplace […]