WASHINGTON (AP) — With time running short, President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner accelerated efforts Friday to prevent the U.S. Treasury from default and end a partial government shutdown that stretched into an 11th day. The latest impacts: New aircraft grounded, military chaplains silenced and a crab harvest jeopardized in the Bering Sea. […]
Obamacare
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Lawmakers hosting TV show on health care law
LEWISTON — State Sens. John Cleveland, D-Auburn, and Margaret Craven, D-Lewiston, are hosting a TV show on the local cable access channel in October that focuses on the Affordable Care Act. Their guests are Kevin Lewis, CEO of Lewiston-based Maine Community Health Options, and Mitchell Stein of Consumers for Affordable Health Care. The show, “Answers […]
advertisement
Posted inLetters
J. Bishop: Public voted for Obamacare
Republicans want to stop Obamacare because, as they say, the people don’t want it. It would be more likely that those people who have the Republicans in their back pocket are the ones who don’t want it. Here’s a simple fact that Republicans seem to be blind to: Obamacare is the product of the president’s […]
Posted inLetters
T. Shields: Hidden costs of Obamacare
The Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) has been established in law. The Supreme Court said it is constitutional only if considered as a tax. It was voted and disgracefully passed by a Democrat-majority Congress of 2008-2010 after congressmen had the approximately 1,000-page document for two days. None of the political leaders said they had a thorough […]
Posted inLocal & State, sj-web
Health insurance marketplace opens to flood of interest, glitches
Mainers seeking to sign up for health insurance through online marketplaces that launched Tuesday under Obamacare weren’t stalled by the government shutdown which is rooted in an impasse over the law in the nation’s capital. But technical glitches — along with the political infighting — tested consumers’ patience. More than 1 million people visited Healthcare.gov, […]
Posted inNation / World, sj-web
First shutdown in 17 years: Senate and House rejected each other’s plans as deadline neared
WASHINGTON (AP) — For the first time in nearly two decades, the federal government staggered into a partial shutdown Monday at midnight after congressional Republicans stubbornly demanded changes in the nation’s health care law as the price for essential federal funding and President Barack Obama and Democrats adamantly refused. As Congress gridlocked, Obama said a […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Lewiston-Auburn, The Franklin Journal
Obamacare enrollment presentation at Lewiston Public Library
LEWISTON — Potential enrollees gathered for an informational presentation about the Affordable Care Act at the Lewiston Public Library on Tuesday evening. State Sen. Margaret Craven delivered opening statements to a group of about six, explaining her role on the ACA Oversight Committee. She told the group that she was excited for the self-employed to […]
Posted inLocal & State
ACA aware: Watch out for scams, cons and fraud
State officials have a message for you: No one from the government will be calling to sell you insurance. If someone does, it’s a scam. Also, that person calling to set you up with a new “Obamacare” insurance card? Scam. That site that says it’ll sign you up for insurance from the marketplace before everyone […]
Posted inLocal & State, sj-web
Health groups, navigators preparing to help Mainers buy health coverage on the exchange
AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine agencies and community health centers are busily training workers, prepping outreach programs and finalizing advertising campaigns to reach consumers and sign them up for coverage on the exchange under the federal health care overhaul. The exchange, or marketplace, that opens for enrollment Tuesday is a key part of President Barack Obama’s […]
Posted inOp-Eds
Froma Harrop: Game soon over on Obamacare
Voices from right field are explaining why they’re justified in threatening the United States with default if Congress does not defund Obamacare. The Wall Street Journal’s Kimberley Strassel said on Sunday chat TV, “There isn’t one poll that shows that Americans approve, as a majority, of this health care law.” That’s an interesting concept: repeal […]