AUGUSTA, Maine — U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin voted on Thursday to back fellow Republicans’ plan to replace the Affordable Care Act, breaking his silence on the American Health Care Act just before the vote in the House of Representatives.
The impact that it would have on Poliquin’s 2nd District, which is older and more rural than the rest of Maine, is unclear. Estimates for an earlier version of the Republican plan showed it would decrease subsidies for older, low-income Mainers in rural counties.
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Republicans pulled that plan for lack of support from conservatives in March, but a revised version passed in a 217-213 vote on Thursday after the addition of a provision based on Maine’s 2011 health care reform law that established high-risk pools to subsidize premiums for people with pre-existing conditions.
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