President-elect Donald Trump said in a weekend interview that he is nearing completion of a plan to replace President Barack Obama’s signature health-care law with the goal of “insurance for everybody,” while also vowing to force drug companies to negotiate directly with the government on prices in Medicare and Medicaid. Trump declined to reveal specifics […]
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U.S. House votes to move ACA repeal forward
Congressional Republicans completed the first step Friday toward their long-promised repeal of Obamacare and now must find a way to unravel the massive health-care law and try to replace it. The House voted 227-198 Friday to adopt a budget resolution that would allow Republicans to push a repeal bill through the Senate without having to […]
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Angus King, Susan Collins split on repeal of Obamacare
Despite her push to delay efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act, U.S. Sen. Susan Collins joined her Republican colleagues early Thursday to adopt a budget plan that would end the program and remove the threat of a filibuster by opponents of the move. Maine’s junior senator, independent Angus King, said the Senate “made a […]
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Sen. Angus King again credits insurance with saving his life
As a 29-year-old Senate aide, King beat a dangerous form of skin cancer — malignant melanoma — that was discovered during a routine checkup he may never had found had he lacked insurance. That experience left him with an abiding belief in the importance of health insurance, a commitment that has made him a staunch […]
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Sen. Susan Collins seeks to delay Obamacare’s repeal
Maine’s senior senator joined four Republican colleagues late Monday to hit the brakes on a bid to quickly repeal the Affordable Care Act. In her amendment to the budget reconciliation measure that includes a provision to repeal Obamacare, U.S. Sen. Susan Collins seeks to extend the bill’s timeline to allow GOP leaders to develop an […]
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GOP plan to ‘defund’ Planned Parenthood in Obamacare repeal concerns Collins
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Paul Ryan said Thursday that Republicans would slash federal dollars for Planned Parenthood as part of the GOP effort to repeal the health care law. Ryan spoke a day after a special House panel issued a report criticizing the organization, which provides birth control, abortions and various women’s health services, for […]
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Med-Care budget to hold steady
MEXICO — Med-Care Ambulance will keep its budget at $24 per capita, Selectman Reggie Arsenault told the Board of Selectmen at its Dec. 15 meeting. Arsenault, who represents Mexico on the Med-Care Board, said that after two budget meetings, the Med-Care budget was passed on Dec. 9. “The revenue stream on the paying part is showing […]
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Tuesday is deadline for health care sign ups
WASHINGTON — Rising premiums and shaken faith among insurers have cast a cloud over sign-up season for President Barack Obama’s health care law, and now it’s crunch time again. Tuesday is the deadline for millions of uninsured procrastinators to sign up in time for coverage to begin on Jan. 1. As the health insurance expansion […]
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How to get the most from ObamaCare with the ACA website
Obamacare – 2015 Total On Exchange Enrollment | HealthGrove The newest version of Healthcare.gov, the website used to sign up for health insurance coverage on the federal exchange, is now open for business. The open enrollment period for 2016 began on Sunday, November 1st and will run until January 31st, 2016 — although if you […]
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Obama and the liberal way
This in response to Ellen Field (Aug. 19). The Democratic Party, to which I belonged for more than 50 years, became the party of Barack Obama, with his secretive background and citizenship. He associated with people who hated America (the Rev. Jeremiah Wright and Bill Ayers). Democrats concocted Obamacare behind closed doors, then insisted the […]