3+ hour, 35+ min ago  (11+ words) I thank Sen. Susan Collins for protecting and strengthening Medicare Advantage....

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (109+ words) About 4, 500 Inter Med patients will be affected, according to the healthcare provider....

4+ mon, 6+ day ago  (246+ words) Maine residents should be paying attention to a little-known Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) initiative that could quietly change how traditional Medicare works. On Jan. 1, 2026, CMS is rolling out a program that would allow private companies " many with ties…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago  (322+ words) Thank you to Drs. Jeffrey Barkin and Daniel Bryant for their excellent opinion pieces about our health care system in recent Sunday editions. Support for Medicare for All is strong among patients as well as health care professionals. A recent…...

5+ mon, 6+ day ago  (760+ words) Stephen Murphy is an emeritus professor at the University of Southern Maine and a volunteer State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP) counselor. Medicare's annual open enrollment period is ending soon. Until Dec. 7, beneficiaries will be urged to review, compare and,…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago  (778+ words) Linda Cousins had already picked her Medicare plan when she qualified last year, but then she received a call from a woman claiming to be from the insurance company. Cousins, of Limington, said the caller pressured her into switching to…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago  (262+ words) More than 36, 000 Mainers are poised to be dropped from their Medicare Advantage plans in January, as insurers cut back plans or exit certain parts of the state entirely, according to the Maine Bureau of Insurance. Insurance companies will notify individual…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago  (449+ words) By now, many seniors in Maine and across the country have opened their Annual Notice of Change letters from their current insurance company and received news they weren't expecting. Benefit reductions, shrinking provider networks, or in some cases, complete market…...

7+ mon, 1+ week ago  (542+ words) Michael Bacon is a retired oceanographer and longtime advocate for publicly funded universal health care. He lives in Westbrook. With the approach of Medicare's open-enrollment period (Oct. 15-Dec. 7), seniors must decide whether to choose traditional Medicare ( the original, largely public…...

6+ mon, 4+ week ago  (238+ words) I am writing in response to Michael Bacon's Sept. 24 op-ed, "Maine's seniors should stick with traditional Medicare." The other side of the coin is cost, especially for seniors on fixed incomes. When I became eligible for Medicare, I was on…...