Darren Grubb from the Medicare Advantage Majority discussed the importance of the Medicare Advantage program, which covers over 34 million seniors and people with disabilities, including 225,000 in Maine. The program offers comprehensive, affordable care with additional benefits like dental, vision, and hearing services. Grubb expressed concern over potential budget cuts to Medicare Advantage, emphasizing that 82% of seniors believe such cuts would negatively impact their financial well-being. He highlighted bipartisan support and noted that 71% of seniors oppose funding cuts. Grubb encouraged seniors to engage with their lawmakers to protect the program.
The Democratic National Committee head has decided not to publish a formal assessment of the party's defeat that returned Donald Trump to power and gave Republicans complete control in Washington.
The U.S. government admitted Wednesday that the actions of an air traffic controller and Army helicopter pilot played a role in causing a collision last January between an airliner and a Black Hawk near the nation's capital, killing 67 people.
Four centrist Republicans broke with Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday and signed onto a Democratic-led petition that will force a House vote on extending for three years an enhanced pandemic-era subsidy that lowers health insurance costs for millions of Americans.
Authorities knocked on doors Monday searching for any video there might be of the Brown University gunman, who could be seen in grainy footage walking away from the weekend attack that killed two students and wounded nine others.
