The proposed increases for individual health plans average just over 9 percent, and they will be reduced further if a state-run reinsurance program is revived.
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Affordable Care Act individual insurance rates expected to jump in Maine
As the state’s two providers look to 2019 premiums, analysts predict double-digit increases.
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Community Health Options, Harvard Pilgrim plan to offer 2019 ACA coverage in Maine
They remain the only health insurance companies offering ACA-compliant insurance to Mainers.
Posted inBusiness, Health, Nation & World
Trump’s former health secretary says Republican tax law will raise insurance premiums
Tom Price said the new tax law repealed the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate, and would drive insurance costs higher.
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Sen. Collins: Health insurance rate increases were avoidable
For example, eliminating the individual mandate should not have been linked to the tax cut plan without more ACA fixes.
Posted inHealth, Nation & World, Politics
Sen. Collins says she’s not giving up on fixes for Affordable Care Act
The Maine Republican, however, says she’s not optimistic that such measures will be considered by Congress this year.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: Editorial overstates benefits of Affordable Care Act
It seems that primary care should prevent amputations for people with diabetes, but science doesn’t back it up.
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Soaring premiums send thousands in Maine over a health care cliff
Insurance costs have grown by as much as 110 percent for those who earn too much to receive Affordable Care Act subsidies.
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Supporters of voter-approved Medicaid expansion press LePage, lawmakers as deadline nears
The administration, however, shows no sign of changing its stance that it will take no action until the expansion ‘has been appropriately funded.’
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Save the sick by preserving the Affordable Care Act
At a time when Sen. Susan Collins could make a real difference, she is caving to partisan gamesmanship.