With this year’s legislative session coming to an end, proponents say Maine lawmakers have taken important steps toward cutting health care costs. Surveys show that four of her five adults in Maine are worried about being able to provide the care they may need in the future. Ann Woloson, executive her director of Consumers for Affordable Healthcare, said this year:
Twelve years ago today, then-President Barack Obama signed into law the Affordable Care Act (ACA), helping provide health care to more than 156,000 Maine residents. Over the past decade, the national uninsured rate has fallen from over 30% in 2013 to just under 9% in 2021. Although his free admission ended in January,…
New Survey Finds 63% of Maine Adults Have Difficulty Paying for Health Care Last Year, and 80% Report ‘Worried’ or ‘Very Worried’ About Future Health Care Costs doing. In the middle of his third winter of the COVID-19 pandemic, Mainers’ fears about inadequate health coverage show that…
With the open registration deadline for the Affordable Care Act marketplace approaching, the group is urging Mainers to make sure they’ve chosen the health insurance plan that best fits their circumstances. , for policies starting on January 1.
The group spearheading a referendum bill calling on the Maine legislature to establish a publicly funded universal health care system will gather enough signatures to put the issue on state ballots in November 2022. I’m in the final sprint because of this. A proposed ballot initiative sponsored by Maine Health Care Action would give legislators direction…
Maine Senate Speaker Troy Jackson (D-Allagash) said Tuesday that he recently met with U.S. Representative Jared Golden, and that the House of Representatives will vote on President Joe Biden’s social infrastructure package for the final vote. Jackson said in Bangor that he was confident in his support when he came out.
Leo, a 14-year-old from Waterville, recently testified on a bill passing the Maine Legislature. The bill, passed by Maine’s legislature, would provide emergency access to Meinner’s patients who otherwise wouldn’t have insulin. Leo, who was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes when he was 2 years old, he doesn’t remember life without diabetes. he is his…
Your life and future have been intrinsically affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. At a time when Maines are desperately waiting for a vaccine and lawmakers are trying to create a state budget to respond to one of the greatest economic crises of our lifetimes, 57 Maine-based organizations are joining forces. and called on policy makers to embrace a “vision for …”.
More people are signing up for healthcare plans through the Affordable Care Act marketplace during the open registration period ending December 15, amid a pandemic that has left thousands of Maines out of work. . ) through Nov. 21, 13,595 Mainers chose plans through HealthCare.gov. that is…
On Monday, a day before the 10th anniversary of the landmark Affordable Care Act, Senator Susan Collins and her Republican colleagues announced that, in addition to bailing out businesses affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, $2 trillion tried to push forward with economic stimulus measures. It undermined a key provision of the ACA and failed…
