Graphic shows Congressional Budget Office estimates of uninsured under the Affordable Care Act and Republican alternative. WASHINGTON — The Congressional Budget Office report on a Republican health care bill has set off an intense reaction in Washington, and some on both sides of the debate are playing loose with the facts. Republicans are overlooking President […]
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Paul LePage says Dems blocked his efforts to fight opiate crisis
Gov. Paul LePage tore into Democrats on Tuesday for years of blocking his administration’s efforts to expand treatment options for opioid addicts, accusing them of warming to his proposals only when an election was approaching. The comments came during a wide-ranging and eventful radio interview this morning on WVOM after LePage was challenged by a guest host about how […]
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CBO says 14 million will lose coverage in 1st year under GOP health bill
WASHINGTON — Nonpartisan analysts project that 14 million people would lose coverage next year under the House bill dismantling former President Barack Obama’s health care law. The estimate is a blow to Republicans. Monday’s estimate by the Congressional Budget Office says there would be 24 million more people uninsured by 2026 than under current law. […]
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Gov. Paul LePage heads to D.C. opposing GOP health care plan
Maine Gov. Paul LePage is heading to the nation’s capital today to tell officials to scrap the health care plan backed by President Donald Trump and start over. “Let’s do it right” instead of rushing to get something approved swiftly, LePage told a Portland radio station. The governor told WGAN that he is going to […]
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Sen. Angus King fears Mainers will get hammered by GOP health care plan
The health plan pushed by President Donald Trump and the House Republican leadership would “hammer Maine and my people,” the state’s independent senator said. “I can’t stand for that,” U.S. Sen. Angus King said Wednesday on the Senate floor. He said experts who have dug into the details estimate that Mainers who rely on the […]
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Paul LePage to Paul Ryan: GOP plan caters to big-government lobbyists
In this Jan. 8, 2016, file photo, Gov. Paul LePage speaks at a news conference at the State House in Augusta, Maine. GOP Gov. Paul LePage is telling Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan that the country needs a truly conservative, free-market replacement of former President Barack Obama’s signature health care law. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File) […]
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GOP health care plan panned by LePage while lawmakers offer mixed reaction
A health care measure proposed by House Republicans on Monday was panned by some Maine officials, praised by the state’s sole GOP congressman and given a positive review by the state’s senior senator. Gov. Paul LePage told a Bangor radio station Tuesday that he is “very, very discouraged and disappointed” with the plan offered by […]
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Gov. Paul LePage disappointed with GOP health plan
Gov. Paul LePage is back after a weeks-long trip through Florida and Washington, D.C. But he’ll be headed back to the nation’s capital later this week to protest the House Republicans’ plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. LePage said he doesn’t like the plan as it was unveiled Monday. “Right now I […]