As Republican lawmakers continue to block all efforts to renew the subsidies that would reduce health care costs for tens of thousands of Mainers, not to mention millions of Americans, one thing they keep saying is how bad the health insurance companies are. They say that the ACA premium tax credits just give them money,…
Florida resident and former Maine Gov. Paul LePage has filed paperwork and announced that he plans to run for Maine’s 2nd Congressional District seat in the November, 2026 election. Those filings don’t indicate a street address for LePage, although the P.O. Box listed for both his campaign fund and his address is in Augusta. Although…
Consumer advocates in Maine said the availability of enhanced subsidies have helped record numbers of people get the health care coverage they need. Nearly 65,000 Mainers enrolled in health plans this year through the state’s online marketplace. Rachel Collamore, consumer assistance program manager at Augusta-based Consumers for Affordable Health Care, said more people are catching problems early and…
Children and families in rural Maine would face the greatest harm should proposed funding cuts to the federal Medicaid program be implemented, according to a new report. Republicans in Congress are considering more than $2 trillion in cuts to help offset planned tax breaks for the wealthy and corporations, leaving states to make up for any shortfalls. Rita…
Next month, U.S. Senator Susan Collins will likely become chair of the most powerful committee in the United States Senate — Appropriations. She will then, arguably, become the third most powerful member of Congress behind the Speaker of the House and the Senate Majority Leader. The question now is whether she will use that position…
In 2006, when Rep. Tim Walz first won his seat to Congress, in a district George Bush had easily won in the presidential election two years prior, Walz defeated, by a tiny margin, an incumbent Republican who had won re-election by double digits two years earlier. In 2018, when Rep. Jared Golden first won his…