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Mainers would pay up to 7 times more in premiums under House Republican ACA replacement bill

Residents ages 55 to 64 would be hit hardest by Congress’ overhaul, and small-town Maine could see premiums jump sevenfold under the House plan.

A Q&A with Maine phlebologist Cindy Asbjornsen.

Today there are less invasive, less painful solutions.

Here are three routes that afford not only fitness, but unexpected discoveries in a city you may think you know so well.

by claudia Buck Sacramento Bee March 19, 2017March 13, 2017

You can cut your risk of Alzheimer’s in half if you follow this diet.

by Jia Naqvi The Washington Post March 17, 2017March 17, 2017

Prescribing fewer opioids and limiting their use to less than 3 days decreases the likelihood of chronic use.

An expert teaches that people who are not medical workers need to keep others from dying.

The moderate Republican says ‘Older people living in rural America would be really left behind.’

by DENISE LAVOIE Associated Press March 16, 2017

Jurors get the case of a former executive charged in a public health crisis that killed 64 people.

by KEN THOMAS and CATHERINE LUCEY Associated Press March 15, 2017March 16, 2017

House Speaker Paul Ryan says ‘some necessary improvements and refinements’ could be made to build support for the bill.