Enrollment levels are high in Maine communities where lobstermen tend to live, and many have coverage for the first time.
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InterMed won’t take new patients insured by Community Health Options
The Portland-based health care provider cites the insurer’s ‘financial struggles’ and concerns that the co-op won’t be able to pay claims.
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Hundreds rally in Portland to support Affordable Care Act
A group of Maine Democrats hosted the gathering on the steps of Portland City Hall, and about 600 people attended.
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Pence says Trump’s first priority is undoing Affordable Care Act
He tells House Republicans that on Jan. 20 Trump will use his power through executive orders to target the health care law and other policies.
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Maine Voices: As Congress alters health care law, coverage of cystic fibrosis patients essential
Some proposed policy reforms would harm a group that desperately needs access to affordable treatment.
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Mainers are signing up for Obamacare in record numbers
Enrollment may surpass the 2016 total by 10 percent, even as Donald Trump and Congress prepare their repeal effort.
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Sen. Collins has ‘reservations’ about privatizing Medicare, repealing health care law without replacement
Those positions would put Maine’s Republican senator at odds with party leaders, who are expected to pursue both initiatives in the new year.
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Cyber Monday sales rise 12 percent, but Black Friday also a big day online
One forecast says Web sales in November and December will increase 17.2 percent, to $94.7 billion.
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Pence declines to rule out revival of waterboarding backed by president-elect
Donald Trump should not say he’ll never allow it, the VP-elect says, despite Sen. McCain’s strong objections.
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Personal incomes grow in Maine metro areas, but still lag rest of the nation
The Portland region’s estimated total earnings rose 4.2% to nearly $26 billion in 2015, compared with 4.7 percent nationally, and every Maine county saw higher incomes.