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PublishedAugust 30, 2021
Most Maine health plans no longer waive patient costs for COVID-19 treatment
Only one major insurer, Community Health Options, is bucking the national trend and waiving cost-sharing for COVID-19 patients through the end of the year.
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PublishedJune 21, 2021
Pandemic, rule change helped swell Medicaid enrollment to a new high
The spike means the size of the public insurance program for low-income Americans now significantly eclipses the nearly 63 million older Americans covered last year through Medicare.
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PublishedJune 20, 2021
Controversial new Alzheimer’s drug gives patients in Maine hope
The treatment developed by Biogen could slow its progression, but health professionals and researchers are divided on whether the FDA was right to approve it.
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PublishedJune 17, 2021
U.S. Supreme Court rejects challenge to Obamacare
The justices left the entire law intact in a ruling handed down Thursday morning.
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PublishedApril 24, 2021
Waterville residents advocate for emergency insulin program
A 14-year-old boy, his mother and a woman who lost her son to Type 1 diabetes and the high cost of insulin testified before a legislative panel last week at a public hearing in support of LD 673, "An Act to Create the Insulin Safety Net Program."
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PublishedMarch 4, 2021
Maine official warns against Affordable Care Act enrollment scams
'We've received complaints from consumers who purchased plans they thought provided comprehensive coverage, but that actually have very limited benefits,' says Insurance Superintendent Eric Cioppa.
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PublishedSeptember 15, 2020
Fewer Americans had health insurance in 2019 than in 2018, report shows
Nearly 30 million people in the country lacked coverage at some point in 2019, 1 million more than the previous year.
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PublishedAugust 26, 2020
Maine approves double-digit rate cuts for Affordable Care Act insurance
Insurance providers cited the revival of Maine's reinsurance program as a reason they can decrease average rates for individual plans in 2021.
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PublishedMay 11, 2020
MaineHealth program helps jobless Mainers find health care and insurance
The health care system said it can connect patients with a range of options during the coronavirus pandemic.
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PublishedApril 27, 2020
U.S. Supreme Court sides with Lewiston-based Community Health Options
Community Health Options had sued the federal government for $59 million in subsidies it said it was owed.
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