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How Medicare Might Change for 2026 and How It Will Affect Your Coverage
20 Jun 2025 18:44 GMT
… the routine annual changes to Medicare and Medicare Advantage plans, combined with … changes that could impact Medicare beneficiaries
While Medicare and Medicaid are two … , a licensed agent and Medicare educator based in Maine.
The changes sought …
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Ask ACE: Will selling my business affect the cost of my Medicare in retirement?
17 Jun 2025 03:10 GMT
… affect the cost of my Medicare in retirement?
ACE replies … related monthly adjustment amount. Medicare looks at your taxable income … that year.
In summary, Medicare premiums are income-based, … Medicare plans and planning, the Affordable Care Act and the Maine …
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Republicans weigh Medicaid changes amid ‘One Big, Beautiful Bill’s’ unpopularity
20 Jun 2025 20:39 GMT
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Administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Mehmet … . Earlier this week, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services administrator Mehmet … a tough re-election in Maine in a state Trump lost …
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‘Flawed from the beginning’: Revival of bidding program raises alarms
20 Jun 2025 17:24 GMT
YARMOUTH, Maine – After several years of … its intent to restart the Medicare competitive bidding program. It’ … a provider to work with Medicare without competitive bidding, so limiting … likely submitted viable bids which Medicare stated, ‘didn’t result …
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Letter to Editor: The stakes are too high for silence
20 Jun 2025 16:51 GMT
… 60% of Maine’s seniors choose Medicare Advantage for … s no mystery why. Medicare Advantage plans offer affordable … Americans. She knows that Medicare Advantage delivers better outcomes … protect Medicare Advantage.
Thank you,
Verna Willoughby
Liberty, Maine
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Aroostook House of Comfort’s 12th Annual Golf Classic raises $90,000
20 Jun 2025 15:36 GMT
… Foundation. (Courtesy photo)
PRESQUE ISLE, Maine — The Aroostook Hospice Foundation proudly … Jeff Zewe (Silver Sponsor, Northern Maine Medical Center). (Courtesy photo)
The … Care & Hospice, the exclusive Medicare-certified hospice agency in Aroostook …
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How artificial intelligence controls your health insurance coverage
20 Jun 2025 12:55 GMT
… agency in charge of Medicare and Medicaid, recently announced … that insurers in Medicare Advantage plans must base … including Colorado, Georgia, Florida, Maine and Texas, have proposed laws … generally can’t regulate Medicare or insurers that operate …
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Americans face vastly different retirement costs across states as Social Security cuts loom
20 Jun 2025 11:30 GMT
… trustees for Social Security and Medicare recently found that if Social … per year): $1,349,639
Maine ($98,612 cost of living …
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Senate Republicans float rural hospital fund to ease impasse over tax bill
19 Jun 2025 21:14 GMT
… said.
Senator Susan Collins of Maine said she is looking at … House, through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, could issue …
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Mainers pressure Sen. Susan Collins to oppose Trump budget plan
19 Jun 2025 20:33 GMT
… clarity on her vote.
PORTLAND, Maine — For the third consecutive day … the importance of Medicaid in Maine and is committed to protecting … seniors who qualify for both Medicare and Medicaid due to their … .”
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