Enhanced tax credits that help people afford marketplace health insurance plans are set to expire unless they are extended.
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Brunswick woman was able to avoid Lyme disease but not a surprise bill
The case shows how prior authorization rules can block coverage for even simple, medically necessary care.
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Hundreds of Mainers receive morbid letter from MaineHealth
Hundreds of Mainers received a frightening scare just before Halloween.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Our Maine farm has weathered disaster before, but nothing like this | Opinion
If we lose affordable health insurance, everything will be called into question.
Posted inFact Brief, Health, Maine, News
Do more than 10,000 Maine children lack health insurance? | Fact brief
Maine has the highest rate of uninsured children in New England, according to the most recent data from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Posted inHealth, Maine, News
Maine families say 20% hike in health insurance rates would be a ‘catastrophe’
Dozens of people at a public forum Friday explained how proposed health insurance rate hikes could put their families at risk.
Posted inHealth, Maine, News, Politics
Maine hospitals wait years to be reimbursed for serving low-income residents
Hospitals are already under financial strain. Federal and state policies affecting Maine’s Medicaid program will only add pressure.
Posted inBusiness, Health, Maine, News
Health insurance rates in Maine set to skyrocket
Two major factors are driving up insurance rates in Maine: rising costs of prescription drugs and little competition in Maine’s market.
Posted inHealth, Leslie Bridgers, Maine
InterMed wants patients to be kinder. We need more from doctors, too.
If medical offices provided more help navigating our health care system, they might see fewer frustrated patients.
Posted inMaine, Politics
Hospitals warn of financial challenges without emergency MaineCare funding
Health care providers already facing fiscal strain say that delays to MaineCare payments would exacerbate the situation and could have impacts on patient care.