On December 18, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit reaffirmed in a 2-1 decision that the…
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With the fourth quarter underway, small-business owners in Maine and across the country seem to be holding onto an optimistic…
Last week, Governor Janet Mills announced that Maine will pursue a state-based health insurance marketplace using the federal IT platform…
For the second time in 17 years, Maine has expanded Medicaid. Governor Mills has directed DHHS to take swift action…
A federal judge’s ruling that the entire Affordable Care Act (ACA) — Medicaid expansion, subsidies through the exchanges, Medicare reforms,…
Medicaid-expansion advocates plan to bring busloads of able-bodied adults to DHHS offices on July 2 to enroll in MaineCare. But the Legislature…
As the legislative session enters its last weeks, Democrats are sitting on their hands, hoping voters won’t notice they have…
It’s been 100 days since voters passed the referendum to expand Medicaid. So far, the legislature has done nothing to…
I have laid out four basic principles to guide the Legislature’s decision on how to pay for Medicaid expansion. We…
It took a lot of work to balance Maine’s budget, bring fiscal responsibility to state government and restore our rainy…
Leaders in Washington are seeking ways to stabilize the health care system and lower premiums next year. Deep divisions have…
I had the privilege of spending some time in your state earlier this year and I truly enjoyed spending time…
Maine voters will decide tomorrow at the ballot box whether to expand Medicaid coverage to childless, able-bodied working age adults…
Lies and deceit continue from the campaign pushing for Medicaid expansion, or Question 2, which would provide health coverage to…
Maine needs you to make important decisions that will affect our future. Please vote on November 7. There are several…
In response to a newsletter put out by Maine Medical Center CEO Richard W. Petersen and other hospitals that are…
The Maine people are being told that if Medicaid is not expanded, children and the elderly will suffer. Folks, it’s…
Special-interest groups are using the ballot box to push initiatives that are bad for Maine. For seven years, I have…
When it comes to Medicaid expansion, at one time, Maine was ahead of the curve. In 2002, long before the…
Despite being rejected five times previously, once again, a push to expand MaineCare—the state’s Medicaid program—will be debated. For the…
Those elected to represent the people of Maine have a responsibility to prioritize the needs of our state. But Maine’s…
Maine’s senior senator in Washington, D.C. single-handedly killed the chance to reform ObamaCare and provide hard-working Mainers with affordable and…
If we are going to save the American healthcare system, we need your help—and we need it now. I have…
This November, Mainers will be asked a familiar question: should our State expand the Medicaid welfare program? Not only has…
After accepting feedback from Maine citizens throughout a 30-day public comment period, Democratic Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap made minuscule…
Medicaid: Is it welfare or insurance? Those who have actually read the legal definition of insurance are baffled at how…
It’s easy for politicians in Washington, D.C. to make promises to the people, especially when they don’t have to deal…
It’s imperative that government spends public funds in the best interest of its citizens. With this in mind, the people…
The Office of Fiscal and Program Review released the fiscal note for the Medicaid expansion referendum Maine voters will consider…
This November, Maine voters will be asked whether they want to expand Medicaid eligibility to able-bodied, childless adults between the…
Proponents of Medicaid expansion often assert that expansion insures more people and leads to a healthier population. As Maine knows…
If Washington insiders were forced to use the failing ObamaCare system, they would think twice about the gridlock they are…
The Maine Heritage Policy Center (MHPC) released its newest original research report, Reject Medicaid Expansion, on Monday morning during a…
Dedicating more public funds to a government program is not a measure of successful policy. It never has been, and…
Health care is perhaps the most complex and contentious issue being debated throughout Maine and the country today. At the…
In the first 100 days of Donald Trump’s presidency, the American political left has disconnected itself from hard-working American voters…
I hate it when partisan hacks stink up my Sunday morning news programs. Ironically, this weekend it was Maine’s “Independent”…
Let’s set the record straight on a lot of the propaganda you are going to see from Democrats on the…
As Maine’s successful reforms to its health insurance market in 2011 continue to fuel the national conversation about ObamaCare repeal…
Since the release of the House Republican “plan” for repealing Obamacare, conservative reaction has been dismal at best. It has…
Years after its implementation, the Affordable Care Act (ACA), or ObamaCare, continues to hinder healthcare markets and insurers as it…
Obamacare suffered another major defeat last week when the federal circuit court ruled in favor of the House of Representatives…
Community Health Options (CHO), a Lewiston-based insurance provider, has asked the Maine Bureau of Insurance for a whopping 44.9% rate…
Community Health Options (CHO) has decided to increase prices for patients and customers next year– the latest sign that this…
The signature “achievement” of Obama’s Presidency, Obamacare, was dealt yet another major blow last week by the realization that it…
It’s been almost six years since President Barack Obama signed the Affordable Care Act into law, and it’s become clear that…
Community Health Options, a Lewiston based health insurance co-op has announced that it will suspend new individual enrollment on December 15, a…
According to a new study put out by the Mercatus Center, the Affordable Care Act has failed to meet widespread…
Last week , after over forty years in business, A Maine institution closed in Manchester, Maine. Ballard Meats and Seafood…
Maine is home to the most skilled, honest and dedicated workers in the Country. From shipbuilding, to fishing, to teaching,…
On Thursday, the United States Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in favor of the Obama administration in King v. Burwell, a…
For years, hard-working Maine companies, such as Hardwood Products and Puritan Companies of Guilford, have been penalized by ObamaCare’s medical…
For several years, families and small businesses have suffered from the negative effects of ObamaCare. In Congress, I have supported…
On Wednesday, the Foundation for Government Accountability (FGA) released a report highlighting the explosion in enrollment in states that have…
Recently on Twitter, a very non-political friend of mine posted something about the failures of Obamacare. It was only seconds before a…
Early Friday morning, Senate Republicans passed their first budget since 2006. The vote was split along party lines 52-46, with…
As I have repeatedly said, too many of our hard-working families and small businesses continue to be hurt by the…
On Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in King v. Burwell, the latest case challenging the Affordable Care…
On Friday, the Obama Administration admitted that approximately 800,000 Healthcare.gov customers have received incorrect tax forms. The administration is asking…
Maine seems to have taken a side in the U.S. Supreme Court case regarding Obamacare subsidies – but it’s not…
Representative Poliquin, whose vote this week against repealing Obamacare provoked backlash among grassroots conservatives, has worked to explain his controversial…
At Wednesday’s gubernatorial debate, U.S. Rep. Michael Michaud, the Democratic candidate, suggested U.S. policymakers should combat the the spread of the…
More than 3,000 Mainers are set to lose their current health insurance plans due to President Barack Obama’s unpopular and controversial…
The Foundation for Government Accountability, a Naples, Florida-based think tank focused on developing state and national health care policy, on…
The Washington, D.C.-based watchdog group Judicial Watch has uncovered documents showing that senior officials with the federal Centers for Medicare…
As problems with President Barack Obama’s health care law continue to unfold across the country, a new sting operation launched…
A Maine family is enduring a nightmare as the result of systemic data problems with the government-run health insurance exchanges…
Inconsistencies in application data submitted to online health care insurance exchanges may jeopardize coverage for millions of Americans and cause…
Unilateral Climate Policy: President Obama is prepared to unveil a new regulation on June 2 that will, according to reports,…
AUGUSTA – The final chance to expand Maine’s Medicaid program pursuant to the Affordable Care Act fell short on Thursday…
The Maine Wire got a look at the cross-tabs behind the latest Rasmussen poll. To the extent polls tell us…
Two new reports about the impact of the Affordable Care Act are casting a shadow over the much-ballyhooed Obamacare milestone…
Health insurance premiums under the Democratic health care law are skyrocketing, according to a survey of insurance brokers conducted by…
It Begins: Is Obamacare going to be used to recruit voters into the Democratic Party? In La Mesa, Calif., a…
A poll released Wednesday by opponents of Medicaid expansion found support for the proposal decreases significantly when voters are made…
Maine has exceeded the Obama administration’s enrollment goal for the HealthCare.gov insurance exchanges thanks, in part, to the Republican reluctance…
AUGUSTA – In a 5-7 party line vote, the Legislature’s Health and Human Services (HHS) Committee voted Monday to recommend…
When doctors discovered that Jeff and Kirsten Martin’s child would have serious medical complications, they urged her to terminate the…
AUGUSTA – Members of Gov. Paul LePage’s cabinet gathered at the State House on Wednesday to deliver a message to…
The federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) released a report Friday which estimated that health insurance premiums will increase…
Big Brother in the Newsroom (update): After learning yesterday that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is sending researchers into newsrooms…
I was surprised to read in a recent op-ed column by state Sen. Emily Cain (D-Orono) that federal dollars have…
I was surprised to read in a recent op-ed column by state Sen. Emily Cain (D-Orono) that federal dollars have…
By Jonathan McKane — A tax in Maine has been repealed. After 10 years of paying for the Dirigo Health…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – An official from the federal Centers on Medicare and Medicaid admitted at a House hearing on Thursday…
AUGUSTA – For the second time in the 126th Legislature, the Health and Human Services Committee held a public hearing…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – President Barack Obama decreed Thursday that the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate penalty shall not apply to…
The Maine People’s Alliance, a liberal advocacy group, claimed on Thursday that its latest robotic poll of 434 Mainers…
By P. C. Poppycock, Maine Wire correspondent Giddy over the devastatingly successful introduction of Obamacare, Debbie Wasserman Schmaltz, Chair of…
By Pem Schaeffer and Stanley Ralph The introduction of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), as revealed by the roll-out of…
The number of Mainers choosing Obamacare plans at the dysfunctional HealthCare.gov website is still well below expectations, according to a…
President Barack Obama on Monday told a conference call of progressive community organizers that “more than 100 million Americans” have…
President Barack Obama announced Thursday that his administration would not enforce key provisions of the Affordable Care Act that have…
The Obama administration has finally revealed how many people have picked health insurance plans through Obamacare’s dysfunctional HealthCare.gov exchanges –…
AUGUSTA – Top Republicans said Tuesday that problems with President Obama’s signature health care law show the federal government’s promise…
President Obama’s signature health care law is causing big shakeups in Maine’s individual and small group insurance markets. In the…
In a recent letter to members of the Maine Education Association, MEA Benefits Trust Executive Director Christine Burke said many…
Technical problems with the federal health care insurance exchange are depriving Mainers of their affordable health care. Healthcare.gov, the federal…
The Oct. 1 launch of the federal Affordable Care Act’s health care insurance exchange in Maine was far from smooth.…
Not to be outdone by Sen. Angus King, who has likened conservatives to murderers, Rep. Chellie Pingree on Monday said…