Democrats control the House and Senate and have a governor who’s on their side. Their priority has been health care, both in policy changes and spending priorities.
Affordable Care Act
Posted inHealth, Nation & World, News
Trump administration seeks to weaken protections for transgender people in health care
The proposal is part of a broader effort by religious conservatives in the administration to define gender restrictively.
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Posted inHealth, Nation & World, News, Politics
Trump administration rule could deny health care to transgender patients
Civil rights organizations fear a new rule being worked on by the federal Health and Human Services Department could remove nondiscrimination protections of the Affordable Care Act for LGBTQ individuals.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Despite Sen. Collins’ failure to protect ACA, there’s still hope for the law’s future
Thanks to the U.S. House shake-up, the conversation is moving from saving Obamacare to strengthening it.
Posted inBusiness, Health, Nation & World, Politics
Trump administration asks court to throw out Affordable Care Act, reviving hot political issue
The government is asking the U.S. Court of Appeals in New Orleans to negate the entire law, including its subsidies and popular rules preventing insurers from discriminating against people with pre-existing conditions.
Posted inBusiness, Health, Nation & World
House Democrats to unveil Affordable Care Act rescue package
The effort is an attempt to deliver on campaign promises about health care and to change the conversation in DC from the political storm over Robert Mueller’s Russia report.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: Give free market a chance to ease health care expenses
A columnist calling for universal health care overlooks the history of insurance policy in Maine.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Collins opposing Trump judicial nominee who argued against Affordable Care Act
The Maine Republican says she couldn’t support the nomination of Chad Readler to the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals because he chose not to defend the ACA in a court case.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Losing ACA pre-existing conditions protections would devastate thousands of Mainers
At risk in a high-stakes federal case are safeguards that are keeping families from financial ruin.
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Differences between buying health insurance, buying a car make for a flawed comparison
Selecting a health plan entails choices that are far more complex.