AUBURN — Before any kindergarten, second- or fourth-grader receives safety lessons that teach vocabulary words of “breasts,” “buttocks,” “vagina” and “penis,” the Auburn School Department will ask parents to say yes or no on whether their child can be in the class, Superintendent Katy Grondin said. That’s a change. Before now, it was up to […]
insurance
Posted inMaine
Was LePage right on Medicaid expansion? Republicans, officials divided
AUGUSTA — Officials in the state of Arkansas are saying “not so fast” to claims being made by leaders in Maine’s Republican Party that an expansion of Arkansas’s Medicaid program has led that state to fiscal crisis and Maine was wise not to expand its low-income health care program. Amy Webb, communications director for the […]
advertisement
Posted inBusiness
Bussiere selected for award
AUBURN — Lisa E. Bussiere, LLC, has been selected for the 2014 Best of Auburn Award in the insurance companies category by the Auburn Award Program. Each year, the Auburn Award Program identifies companies that have achieved exceptional marketing success in their local community and business category. These are local companies that enhance the positive […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Maine groups busy on last day for insurance sign-ups
LEWISTON — By midmorning Monday, the state’s only health insurance co-op was getting so many calls — How do I get insurance by the deadline? Did the federal marketplace send over my sign-up information yet? How do I make a payment? — that its CEO grabbed a free desk and started answering phones. So did […]
Posted inMaine, sj-web
Flood insurance rises for thousands in Maine
PORTLAND (AP) — Thousands of Maine homeowners and businesses could see their rates for flood insurance rise as the federal government attempts to put the troubled National Flood Insurance Program back on sound financial footing. Most of the communities with the largest number of policy holders seeing rate increases are on the coast, but the […]
Posted inMaine
No health insurance? You have 15 days and counting
LEWISTON — Nearly every day, Cheri-Ann Parris — an enthusiastic 23-year-old Bates College grad with a warm Barbados accent — approaches perfect strangers and talks up the Affordable Care Act. It’s the law. There’s a deadline. And, she likes to add, isn’t health insurance a good thing to have? “‘You need to take care of […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Affordable Care Act help session in Lewiston-Auburn rescheduled
The free walk-in assistance event scheduled for Thursday to help people enroll in the Affordable Care Act health insurance marketplace has been rescheduled due to the storm. It will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday, March 20, at the Auburn Public Library, 49 Spring St. Help sessions also are being held from 11 […]
Posted inBusiness, sj-web
Maine insurance bureau approves steepest workers’ comp rate decrease in 16 years
AUGUSTA — The Maine Bureau of Insurance on Thursday approved a rate decrease for workers’ compensation insurance that is expected to save Maine businesses $15.2 million. The bureau based its approval on a recommendation the National Council on Compensation Insurance, a rating organization that analyzes workers’ comp insurance rates for several states, including Maine, made […]
Posted inMaine
Maine panel explores regulating ‘narrow band’ insurance networks
AUGUSTA — A legislative panel is working on how Maine might regulate so-called “narrow band” networks offered by health insurance providers. The Insurance and Financial Services Committee on Thursday again tabled a pair of bills that seek to improve disclosure for patients and health care providers and to determine limits for how far a patient […]
Posted inMaine, sj-web
LePage admin touts Maine’s low insurance rates
AUGUSTA (AP) — Republican Gov. Paul LePage’s administration says Maine’s auto and homeowners insurance rates are the lowest in New England and among the lowest in the country. The Maine Bureau of Insurance is pointing to recently released reports from the National Association of Insurance Commissioners that show Maine’s average premium is among the most […]