PORTLAND — At a time when some insurers are threatening to abandon Affordable Care Act exchanges, Aetna plans to offer individual plans on the health care marketplace for the first time in portions of Maine, giving consumers more choices. Aetna intends to join Community Health Options, Harvard Pilgrim and Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield in offering […]
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ACA health exchange insurers propose rate increases
PORTLAND — Insurers are seeking double-digit premium increases in the coming year for tens of thousands of Mainers who receive insurance through President Barack Obama’s health care law. Proposals filed with the Maine Bureau of Insurance would raise individual plan premiums between 14 percent and 23 percent under the health care law’s marketplace. All told, more […]
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Almost 80,000 Mainers use HealthCare.gov to get coverage
PORTLAND — Nearly 80,000 Maine residents have signed up for health care coverage through the HealthCare.gov platform since open enrollment began in November. Officials with the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services say 78,891 people from Maine have either signed up or had their coverage automatically renewed as of Jan. 9. The deadline to […]
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Tuesday is deadline for health care sign ups
WASHINGTON — Rising premiums and shaken faith among insurers have cast a cloud over sign-up season for President Barack Obama’s health care law, and now it’s crunch time again. Tuesday is the deadline for millions of uninsured procrastinators to sign up in time for coverage to begin on Jan. 1. As the health insurance expansion […]
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How to get the most from ObamaCare with the ACA website
Obamacare – 2015 Total On Exchange Enrollment | HealthGrove The newest version of Healthcare.gov, the website used to sign up for health insurance coverage on the federal exchange, is now open for business. The open enrollment period for 2016 began on Sunday, November 1st and will run until January 31st, 2016 — although if you […]
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Appeals court delivers setback to Obama’s immigration plan
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal appeals court has ruled against President Barack Obama’s plan to protect an estimated 5 million people living in the United States illegally from deportation. In a 2-1 decision Monday, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a Texas-based federal judge’s injunction blocking the administration’s immigration initiative. Republicans had […]
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Obama administration defends troubled health care co-ops
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration defended the health care law’s struggling insurance co-ops Tuesday, suggesting to Congress that cutbacks demanded by lawmakers themselves put added pressure on an altruistic alternative to mega-insurers. State regulators have ordered 11 of the 23 nonprofit co-ops shut down over solvency concerns, forcing several hundred thousand customers to seek new […]
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Health insurance open enrollment starts soon
Health insurance open enrollment starts Nov. 1, and Maine’s insurance superintendent is encouraging residents and businesses to look at their insurance needs and options. “Individuals and families who purchase their own health insurance should review their options each year,” Superintendent Eric Cioppa said in a recently released statement. “Changes in household income or size can […]
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Supreme Court upholds Obamacare subsidies for 60,000 Mainers
Also on this page: Read the King vs. Burwell decision WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has upheld the nationwide tax subsidies under President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul in a ruling that preserves health insurance for millions of Americans, including more than 60,000 in Maine. The justices said in a 6-3 ruling Thursday that the […]
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Maine health insurance premiums could rise without ACA subsidies
Monthly premiums would skyrocket nearly 400 percent if Maine consumers who bought health insurance under the Affordable Care Act lose subsidies that help them afford coverage, according to a new report. The Kaiser Family Foundation released the analysisahead of an expected U.S. Supreme Court ruling later this month that will determine the fate of the federal subsidies, a […]