Media appearances

Press Herald 01/26/2023 
Maine’s ACA enrollment declines slightly, but more people have health coverage

Press Herald 09/01/2022 
Health insurance premiums for Maine small businesses to decline slightly in 2023

Press Herald 08/17/2022 
MaineHealth and Anthem settle long-running contract dispute

Press Herald 05/08/2022 
Dispute between MaineHealth and Anthem echoes conflicts in other states

Press Herald 04/06/2022 
Maine Medical Center will leave Anthem insurance network, citing overdue payments

Press Herald 02/27/2022 
In first year on the job, MaineHealth CEO faced an array of crises

Press Herald 10/04/2021 
Maine launching state-run health insurance marketplace for 2022 enrollment

Press Herald 09/05/2021 
Few Maine hospitals comply with federal price disclosure law

Press Herald 07/07/2021 
Maine health care advocates cheer legislative victories

Press Herald 03/16/2021 
ACA expansion to boost subsidies for most of 63,000 Mainers with coverage

Maine Beacon 11/10/2020
Maine DHHS head concerned about lack of federal funding for vaccine distribution

Maine Beacon 10/21/2020
Maine DHHS head concerned about lack of federal funding for vaccine distribution

Press Herald 07/08/2020 (column)
Maine Voices: We know how to (relatively) safely reopen schools. Now we need the will, resources

Bangor Daily News 05/07/20
‘Devastating’ number of Mainers could lose health insurance as pandemic continues

Mainebiz 04/06/20 
Telehealth takes off in Maine as virtual medical appointments gain ground

Mainebiz 01/27/20 
Express medicine sites take off in Maine, fueling business for developers, builders

Press Herald 01/12/2020 (column co-authored with David Anderson)
Commentary: Mills’ health care plan is a good first step, but it may not be enough

Press Herald 01/08/2020
Democrats submit bill to cut cost of primary and behavioral health care

Sun Journal 12/29/19
Maine prophesies for 2020

Bangor Daily News 12/28/19
Hospital mergers across US have raised health care prices. Now, another is pending in Maine.

Press Herald 12/20/19
ACA signups down, but Maine’s uninsured rate should fall with Medicaid expansion

Press Herald 12/15/19
Maine Med’s new $8 million helipad saves time – and likely lives

Press Herald 11/21/19
Mainers with employer-based health plans see deductibles soar

Press Herald 10/30/19
Maine ACA enrollment expected to drop as state continues its Medicaid expansion

Press Herald 08/29/19
Maine plans state-based marketplace for Affordable Care Act insurance

Maine Public 07/31/19
Maine Health Advocates React To Trump Administration's Prescription Drug Import Announcement

Press Herald 04/24/19 
Critics take aim at plan to allow prescription drug imports from Canada

Mainebiz 03/18/19 
MaineHealth's dynamic duo chart a new course for the health system and its member hospitals

Mainebiz 01/21/19 
Setting a new course: 5 things businesses should pay attention to under Gov. Janet Mills

Bangor Daily News 01/05/19
Insuring Maine health protections, in case ACA struck down, makes sense

Press Herald 12/31/18 
Incoming Legislature, governor say 1st priority is protecting Mainers’ health coverage

Press Herald 12/19/18 
ACA enrollment down slightly in Maine and across the nation

Daily Kos 10/27/18 
Abbreviated Pundit Round-up: You can do this. Take heart, and get to work

Press Herald 10/26/18 
Commentary: Maine needs a governor who makes decisions based on evidence, empathy

Press Herald 10/24/18
With Affordable Care Act enrollment set to begin, some will lose and others will win

Press Herald 08/12/18 
Short-term health plans coming to Maine won’t cover pre-existing conditions, or much else

Press Herald 07/31/18 
Maine receives federal waiver that will help lower ACA insurance premiums

Maine Public Broadcasting 07/31/18
Maine Will Reinstate Program That Can Lower Individual Insurance Premiums

Maine Public Broadcasting 06/05/18
ACA Premiums Going Up, But By Less Than Expected

Bangor Daily News 06/05/18
ACA premiums going up, but by less than expected

MaineBiz 05/28/18
Grand Rounds, a San Francisco-based startup, is staffing up in Lewiston

Press Herald 05/28/18 
Affordable Care Act individual insurance rates expected to jump in Maine 

Bangor Daily News 05/16/18
Maine dad struggles as cost of son’s life-saving insulin triples

New York Times 05/15/18 (My blog is linked from the second paragraph in the column) 
Just Saying Yes to Drug Companies

Bangor Daily News 04/11/18
Maine is returning to a familiar approach to lower health insurance Costs

Press Herald 03/22/18 
Health care fixes that secured Sen Collins’ vote on tax bill are in jeopardy 

Maine Public Broadcasting Network 02/20/18
Federal Proposal Could Make It Easier To Get Short-Term Health Insurance

Bangor Daily News 01/26/18
How the Aetna-CVS merger could affect health care in rural Maine

Maine Public Broadcasting Network 01/05/18
Policy Experts Debate Whether Trump’s Health Proposal Helps Small Businesses, Consumers

National Public Radio 12/14/17
What Are The Two Health Bills Sen. Susan Collins Wants Congress To Act On?

Bangor Daily News 12/2/17
What repealing Obamacare mandate would mean for Maine

Bangor Daily News 12/1/17
Why so many Mainers are paying the ACA penalty for lacking health insurance

Maine Public Broadcasting Network 11/29/17
Susan Collins Signals Possible Support For GOP Tax Plan

Press Herald 11/22/17 
Maine has nation’s highest rate of increased Affordable Care Act enrollment 

Bangor Daily News 11/9/17
As Mainers endorse expanding MaineCare, feds back LePage methods to shrink it

Press Herald (2 stories) 11/8/17
LePage says he won’t expand Medicaid in Maine unless Legislature funds it
Maine’s ballot-box expansion of Medicaid likely to inspire referendums elsewhere

Axios Newsletter 11/7/19
Medicaid on the ballot

Press Herald 11/1/17
Cost of 2018 premiums for many Mainers’ ACA plans: $0

Maine Public Broadcasting Network 10/13/17
Maine Insurers, Advocates DecryTrump's Action To End Health Care Subsidies For The Poor

Press Herald 10/12/17
Trump’s executive order could alter Maine insurance market

Bangor Daily News 9/27/17
Anthem retreats from ACA market in Maine

Press Herald 9/25/17
Sen. Susan Collins announces she’s a firm “no” vote on ACA repeal

Maine Public Broadcasting Network 9/25/17
Analysts: Maine Would Get Smaller-Than-Claimed Increase In Funding Under GOP Health Bill

Press Herald 9/18/17
Proposed cuts to Medicaid and limits on pre-existing conditions alarm Sen. Collins in latest Obamacare repeal attempt

Bangor Daily News 9/13/17
As nation’s uninsured rate drops, Maine’s holds steady

Press Herald 8/24/17
More signs emerge that doctors are prescribing fewer opioids in Maine

Maine Public Broadcasting Network 8/14/17
Do Maine’s Health Plan Rate Increases Herald The Affordable Care Act’s Implosion?

Portland Press Herald 6/26/17
Anthem predicts thousands will drop ACA coverage in Maine

Portland Press Herald 6/16/17
Sen. Susan Collins criticizes secretive process of Senate health care replacement bill

Bangor Daily News 5/18/17
Hidden costs lurk in LePage plan to charge, penalize MaineCare recipients

Maine Public Broadcasting Network 5/17/17
DHHS Seeks Waiver From Feds to Impose Work Requirements on MaineCare

Bangor Daily News 5/3/17
How a Maine experiment fuels the new GOP bid to replace Obamacare

Maine Public Broadcasting Network 5/2/17
GOP’s Revised Health Care Bill Borrows an Idea From Maine

Portland Press Herald 5/2/17
LePage administration program inspires key component of ACA replacement plan

Appeared in Balloon Juice Blog 5/1/17
Conservation of issues

Portland Press Herald 4/8/17
Proposal could stabilize Affordable Care Act’s individual marketplace

Maine Public Broadcasting Network 3/29/17
Failure to Replace ACA Creates Uncertainty in Maine Insurance Market

Portland Press Herald 3/7/17
House Republicans’ plan for replacing Affordable Care Act troubles Collins, LePage

Bangor Daily News 1/24/17
Here’s the nitty gritty on Collins’ Obamacare replacement plan


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