Maine’s ACA enrollment declines slightly, but more people have health coverage

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Published
January 25, 2023

Maine’s ACA enrollment declines slightly, but more people have health coverage

The percentage of Mainers without health insurance dropped from 8% in 2019 to 5.7% in 2021, the latest year data was available.
Published
September 1, 2022

Health insurance premiums for Maine small businesses to decline slightly in 2023

The Mills administration credits a reform combining individual and small-market plans, but Republicans call the 0.8 percent decrease 'a one-time, election-year minuscule savings.'
Published
August 31, 2022

New insurer in Maine’s ACA marketplace to offer hybrid health insurance

Taro Health will offer direct primary care packaged with conventional health insurance in Cumberland County beginning in 2023, and says it could go statewide in a few years.
Published
July 1, 2022

Individuals could see 15 percent rate increase for ACA insurance

A variety of factors are driving Affordable Care Act rate increases in Maine and across the country, including COVID-19, the expiration of tax credits, inflation, and health care workforce shortages.
Published
January 18, 2022

66,000 Mainers enroll in first year of state health insurance marketplace

More than 80% of them are receiving financial assistance.
Published
October 4, 2021

Maine launching state-run health insurance marketplace for 2022 enrollment

The new website, coverme.gov, replaces healthcare.gov for purchasing insurance under the Affordable Care Act.
Published
June 17, 2021

U.S. Supreme Court rejects challenge to Obamacare

The justices left the entire law intact in a ruling handed down Thursday morning.
Published
May 11, 2021

Biden: 1 million have already signed up for health care during special enrollment

Biden reopened the HealthCare.gov insurance markets in February for a special six-month sign-up opportunity that will go through Aug. 15.
Published
May 10, 2021

Biden administration revives anti-bias protections in health care for transgender people

Federal health officials say discrimination based on sex includes gender identity and sexual orientation.
Published
March 19, 2021

Rep. Jared Golden: Health care reform just got harder

By using budget reconciliation to enact COVID relief in 2021, Democrats have set up a fight with Republicans over expiring subsidies in 2023.