By now, most people must realize how expensive the health care system has become under the Affordable Care Act. Who is paying for all the subsidies to private health care corporations? Taxpayers are. Who is paying their millionaire CEOs, their lobbyists, lawyers, stockholders and for the TV ads? The taxpayers are. The Affordable Care Act […]
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Med-Care board explains subsidy rate hike at info meeting
MEXICO — Wednesday night’s informational meeting by Med-Care Ambulance Service’s Board of Directors to explain the reasoning behind its recent subsidy hike only attracted four people from two of its 11 member towns. Board President Steve Brown gave an overview of the ambulance service itself that was formed by Andover, Byron, Canton, Carthage, Dixfield, Hanover, […]
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Med-Care Ambulance to hold info meeting on subsidy hike Feb. 25
MEXICO — To explain the new subsidy hike for its 11 towns, Med-Care Ambulance will hold a meeting at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 25, in its new building at 290 Highland Terrace. The hike has nothing to do with paying for the new building, Med-Care board President Steve Brown said. Rather, due to several unforeseen […]
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Organizations available to help the public make choices on health insurance
Who is counting on you to stay healthy this Valentine’s Day? Whether your best friend, pet, or significant other is your Valentine this year, being covered is a better gift than a dozen roses, and in some cases, cheaper too. Since open enrollment for health insurance through the Affordable Care Act ends on Feb. 15, […]
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Nearly 62,000 Mainers enroll on health exchange
AUGUSTA — Nearly 62,000 Mainers have selected insurance plans on the health care exchange. Federal officials said this week that 61,964 residents have enrolled as of Jan. 16. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services says that 35 percent of those people enrolled for coverage on the exchange for the first time. Sixty-five percent […]
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Rep. Larry Lockman: Democrats take wrong approach on health care
Here’s a New Year’s prediction you can take to the bank: The very same liberal ideologues whose policy prescriptions wrecked Maine’s health insurance market over the past several decades will work overtime this year to promote Obamacare as Mainers’ last best hope for affordable health insurance. And the professional left’s feel-good media campaign will be […]
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M. Larson: Decision is costing Maine money
Thanks to the Sun Journal for the informative piece about the Affordable Care Act in Maine (Dec. 28). It is encouraging that the ACA has been the catalyst for positive changes in the delivery of health care that it was meant to be. Gov. Paul LePage likes to tout that he paid debt owed the […]
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Blake Pooler: Finally insured, for $160 a month
Name: Blake Pooler Age: 34 Location: Augusta Insurance in 2014: None Blake Pooler found health insurance because of Hulu. A self-employed carpenter, he’d checked out insurance before, but he always found the prices “unrealistic” — $500, $600 a month — to cover him alone. He just couldn’t justify the expense. “If I had to go […]
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$22 a month: ‘I am totally flabbergasted’
Name: Irene Martin* Age: 62 Location: Richmond Insurance in 2014: Private pay Last year, Irene Martin knew she needed health insurance. She had spent years taking care of her ailing parents in New York. Now that she was back home in Richmond, she was starting to piece her life back together — and that meant […]
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Sherri Tripp: ‘I think it’s wonderful’
ACA 201 Online: A one-year checkup on how the ACA is doing in Maine and a subsidy calculator can be found at SunJournal.com/ACA201 Profiles of Mainers who bought health insurance through the ACA marketplace: Sherri Tripp: ‘I think it’s wonderful’ Blake Pooler: Finally insured, for $160 a month $22 a month: ‘I am totally flabbergasted’ Business owner: […]