Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield had not yet decided Tuesday whether it would appeal a Maine Bureau of Insurance ruling that prevents the health insurance company from moving thousands of policyholders into a so-called “narrow network” plan, limiting which doctors and hospitals they can use. “While we continue to believe that our proposal to […]
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Maine marketplace rates exceed national average
AUGUSTA (AP) — The costs of plans being offered on Maine’s health insurance marketplace are among the highest in the country on average before tax credits for lower-income individuals and out-of-pocket costs are factored in, according to a federal report released Wednesday. Maine residents will pay an average of $403 a month for a mid-range […]
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Anthem plan draws praise, criticism
AUGUSTA — Central Maine Healthcare employees, Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield leaders and others spent hours Monday trying to sway the head of the Maine Bureau of Insurance. Anthem’s plan to move thousands of individual policyholders into a plan that strictly limits their doctors and hospitals is horrible — or great — depending on […]
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Anthem defends proposed insurance changes
AUGUSTA — Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield defended its proposal Monday to transfer about 9,000 Maine residents from their current coverage plans to plans that exclude several hospitals, a move that has been criticized as limiting people’s ability to choose their doctors. Anthem officials told Maine insurance regulators — who will now decide whether […]
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Crowd shows anger at Anthem insurance session in Auburn
AUBURN — For more than three hours, they were angry and they were heard. Hundreds of people packed Kirk Hall at Central Maine Community College on Thursday night for a comment session on Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield’s controversial new insurance proposal that would force individual policy holders into a network with MaineHealth providers. […]
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T. Fallon: Support Rumford Hospital
As a long-time Rumford resident, I am disturbed by changes in Anthem’s health insurance plan that would force me to travel from Rumford for my medical care. I am satisfied with the physicians and the Rumford Hospital, as well as Central Maine Medical Center. The people of Rumford are well served, so there is no […]
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State to hold public comment session on Anthem narrow network plan
The Maine Bureau of Insurance will hold a public comment session Thursday on Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield’s proposal to move a number of its current individual policyholders into a narrow network plan that strictly limits which hospitals and doctors they can use. In central Maine, Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston, Bridgton Hospital, […]
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Dan Corcoran: Mainers deserve affordable health care choices
There has been a lot of talk lately about health insurance options in Maine. Some of it reflects the truth and some of it does not. Anthem’s roots in the state go back 75 years. For more than two decades, we have been the only insurer to offer unsubsidized major medical health insurance to individuals […]
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Anthem’s plan unique in Maine, growing popular elsewhere
Mainers on a new Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield insurance plan won’t be able to go to Rumford or Bridgton hospitals for anything short of an emergency. They won’t be able to see most doctors employed by Central Maine Medical Center. And if they prefer Parkview Adventist Medical Center to Mid Coast Hospital in […]
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State approves MaineHealth/Anthem insurance plan
LEWISTON — The Bureau of Insurance has granted Anthem’s request to partner with MaineHealth, the state’s largest health-care organization, to offer a new insurance plan for the upcoming Affordable Care Act insurance exchange. The plan locks out Central Maine Medical Center, Bridgton Hospital, Rumford Hospital and their affiliated specialists, except in cases of patients seeking […]