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    As Congress begins health care debate, Mainers grapple with insurance price hikes

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    Arundel resident Emily Ingwersen is looking at an increase of $1,400 per month to continue her family’s health insurance coverage next year if the tax credit they receive isn’t extended by Congress. 

    Karly Scholz November 21, 2025November 21, 2025

    Mainers grapple with impact of President Trump’s ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ on SNAP benefits

    Mainers grapple with impact of President Trump’s ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ on SNAP benefits

    Mainers grapple with impact of President Trump’s ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ on SNAP benefits BUCKFIELD, Maine — President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” passed last week, and now many families are concerned about how the spending plan will impact

    bnpartnership July 15, 2025July 15, 2025

    Trump’s tax, spending law will slash food assistance for thousands of Mainers

    Trump’s tax, spending law will slash food assistance for thousands of Mainers

    Trump’s tax, spending law will slash food assistance for thousands of Mainers The One Big Beautiful Bill Act will force Maine to cover tens of millions in costs for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program — costs that Gov. Janet Mills

    bnpartnership July 15, 2025July 15, 2025

    Slashing Medicaid funding puts Maine domestic violence survivors at risk

    A bucket of flowers leads the way to a row of wooden purple ribbons representing those who lost their lives to domestic violence homicide in Aroostook County since 1973 at Riverside Park in Fort Kent in June 2019. Credit: Jessica Potila / St. John Valley Times File

    Slashing Medicaid funding puts Maine domestic violence survivors at risk When the U.S. House of Representatives passed its “big beautiful bill” last week, it sent shivers down the spines of domestic violence advocates because we know what slashing Medicaid funding would mean

    bnpartnership June 2, 2025June 2, 2025

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