Obamacare supporters are praying that the Supreme Court won’t chop down a main pillar of the Affordable Care Act — but not so fervently, one suspects, as the politicians who’ve been demanding the law’s demise. That’s because come the next election, Republicans will have to face the voters they’ve made angry over Obamacare — but […]
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Med-Care board explains subsidy rate hike at info meeting
MEXICO — Wednesday night’s informational meeting by Med-Care Ambulance Service’s Board of Directors to explain the reasoning behind its recent subsidy hike only attracted four people from two of its 11 member towns. Board President Steve Brown gave an overview of the ambulance service itself that was formed by Andover, Byron, Canton, Carthage, Dixfield, Hanover, […]
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Poliquin defends controversial ACA vote at Republican event
Poliquin delivered the keynote address at Sunday’s Lincoln Day Dinner, hosted by the Penobscot County Republican Committee. “I’m working my tail off down there [in Washington, D.C.] and taking some arrows,” Poliquin told the crowd. Sunday’s dinner drew a larger-than-expected crowd, according to organizers. About 75 people registered, but more than 100 showed up, filling […]
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Froma Harrop: Replace Obamacare with … what?
Friends of Obamacare, horrified that the Supreme Court has taken a case that could blow up the federal health insurance exchanges, should recalibrate their dread. While the health reforms were safely humming along, there was little political price for demanding their demise. Thanks to the Supreme Court, now there is. Years of carpet-bombing assaults on […]
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Froma Harrop: ACA will help with more jobs and better pay
Few truly appreciate the enormous economic benefits the Affordable Care Act will deliver to the American people over time, the middle class included. But you’d expect New York’s seasoned Democratic senator, Charles Schumer, to “get it” rather than belittle the 2010 federal health care law as a political inconvenience for his party. Amazingly, Schumer recently […]
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L. Hoy: Choose better information sources
I enjoyed the editorial cartoon in the Sun Journal (Nov. 14), showing Prof. Jonathan Gruber at the “ObamaCare” chalkboard, torturing logic, language and truth on his way to an encounter with the Supreme Court. Looking closely, I can see references to the plethora of leftist political urban legends they’ve crafted for themselves and their minions. […]
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Rich Lowry: Spotlight on Democrats’ misbegotten handiwork
The epic search of the Greek philosopher Diogenes for an honest man is finally over. His name is Jonathan Gruber, an MIT economist once known as an intellectual architect of Obamacare, although his status is being rapidly downgraded by the law’s supporters with every one of his uncomfortably frank utterances about President Barack Obama’s signature […]
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Cal Thomas: Gruber statements show liberalism’s arrogance
“Stupid is as stupid does” — Forrest Gump Unless you regularly follow conservative media, you may not have heard what one of the architects of the Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare) thinks about you. Jonathan Gruber is a Massachusetts Institute of Technology health economist who helped craft Obamacare. In a rare moment of unvarnished candor, […]
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Paris business mingles, grows on health care reform
PARIS — About two years ago, Dr. Dan Mingle stumbled across a niche in the health care market that would catapult his company forward. His business, Mingle Analytics — then a fledgling company with the potential for vast growth — was fueled by Mingle’s background in the medical field and the emerging need for analytics on electronic health […]
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When health insurance goes wrong . . . and what you can do about it
But “multi-state” has nothing to do with coverage. It’s a federal designation for plans approved to be sold in several states. “To say it could confuse consumers, I think, is an understatement,” Cioppa said. “Because the ‘multi-state’ plan we have in Maine is Anthem’s narrow-network plan and it does not provide coverage out of state.” […]