2+ hour, 49+ min ago  (486+ words) Denise McDonough is president of Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Maine. Here's the reality: Anthem does not threaten to remove health care systems in Maine from our network in order to get fair prices for our customers; it…...

2+ week, 19+ hour ago  (487+ words) John Gold co-owns an editing and graphic design company in Saco. I am 63 years old, and self-employed. For most of my working life, I've had to pay for my own insurance. Since 2013, I've been able to do that through the…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (1341+ words) Many of Maine's health systems find themselves teetering on the edge of financial viability, less than a year before the bulk of federal Medicaid cuts will start hitting hospital budgets. About 40% of Maine's hospitals are currently losing money, said Steven…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (478+ words) A company that provides rides for MaineCare patients in the state's most populated areas recently emerged from bankruptcy, while a dispute over whether it should take over all non-emergency transportation services in Maine remains in court. Modivcare covers much of…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago  (701+ words) Maine's Affordable Care Act enrollment is down compared to last year after the expiration of certain tax credits that had been the focus of a funding dispute in Congress. About 58,000 enrollees had selected a plan for 2026 as of Thursday, compared…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago  (433+ words) Alexander Katopis of Saco is a University of Southern Maine employee and co-owner of a community-based mental health agency. At four and a half months old, my son was diagnosed with positional plagiocephaly, a condition involving asymmetrical flattening of an…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (250+ words) In his'recent op-ed, Dr. Jeffrey Barkin highlights one of the ways in which private health insurers let us down: They withdraw from markets where profit objectives are not being met. Patients often must find a new doctor or might no…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (480+ words) Joan Belcher of Alna is both a registered nurse and a licensed health insurance broker and Affordable Care Act expert. For 29 years, I've served as both a registered nurse and additionally a licensed health insurance broker and Affordable Care Act…...

2+ mon, 14+ hour ago  (653+ words) Maine's Affordable Care Act enrollment for 2026 is down and thousands have dropped their plans, with many saying they couldn't afford the higher monthly premiums. Enrollment had dropped 7% as of Dec. 15, compared to the same time period last year, and about…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (497+ words) Even though Ossian Riday knew it was going to be financially painful to purchase an Affordable Care Act plan for 2026, he said it's still difficult to pay so much for such sparse health coverage. "We're paying a fortune for essentially…...