Working as a long-term substitute teacher and with a baby on the way, 31-year-old Tom Kelley figured he was young enough and healthy enough to “coast a little” without coughing up scarce cash for health insurance for a while. Then the Lewiston man noticed something unsettling, went to his doctor and learned that he really […]
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Angus King blasts GOP healthcare bill while Susan Collins studies it
Denouncing a new Republican health care bill Thursday, independent U.S. Sen. Angus King of Maine called it a “really cruel” bid to take health care away from the poor, disabled and elderly “so very wealthy people can get a tax cut.” While King offered harsh words about the proposed overhaul of the Affordable Care Act, […]
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A skeptical Susan Collins may decide fate of GOP's health care bill
Almost nobody knows what the Senate’s health care plan will look like because it’s been drafted behind closed doors with no public hearings, no copies for anyone to see and no updates on what it might contain. The other thing nobody knows is whether it has a future. One of the people who may decide […]
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After CBO report, Susan Collins sees new hope for her health care bill
The health care bill pushed through recently by the U.S. House suffered a potentially crippling blow Wednesday when the Congressional Budget Office declared it would cause 23 million Americans to lose insurance coverage during the next decade. It said in particular the plan would become too costly for many people, particularly older, sicker Americans who […]
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Susan Collins says Senate will take time to get health bill right
Republican senators plan to write a health-care bill that could be radically different from the one passed last week by the House, including keeping some of the benefits and safeguards currently enshrined within Obamacare. The Senate’s different approach means there’s no clear timetable for producing a bill, and it likely ensures that President Donald Trump […]
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Susan Collins says House health care bill has more questions than answers
WASHINGTON — Republicans are claiming a triumph by pushing their legislative centerpiece scuttling much of President Barack Obama’s health care law through the House. It was a perilous journey, and its Senate pathway will be at least as bumpy with little doubt the measure will change, assuming it survives. Thursday’s 217-213 House passage — with […]
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Last-minute bargaining keyed passage of GOP health care bill
President Donald Trump, accompanied by GOP House members, speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Thursday, May 4, 2017, after the House pushed through a health care bill. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump was ready to celebrate. On the day House Republicans narrowly passed a bill to […]
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Bruce Poliquin says he will vote for GOP health care bill because ‘ObamaCare is failing’
After weeks of indecision, U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin declared Thursday that he will support a health care measure that would repeal key elements of the Affordable Care Act. Poliquin, a two-term Republican from the 2nd District, rushed back to the Capitol early in the day less than 48 hours after his father suffered a stroke […]
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Maine may offer path forward for GOP health care plan
As Republicans scramble to try to come up with a successor to the Affordable Care Act, or at least an alternative that can win over a majority of the GOP-controlled House, many are looking to Maine for a possible model. In recent days, they’ve been talking about the high-risk pool established in Maine to provide […]
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Insurers say Trump administration must do more to stabilize ‘Obamacare’
In this Feb. 9, 2017, file photo, the HealthCare.gov website, where people can buy health insurance, is displayed on a laptop screen in Washington. Something new is happening in a health care debate dominated for seven years by the twists and turns of Barack Obama’s signature law. The focus has shifted to ideas from President […]