While Mainers still reeling from health insurance hikes, insurers propose more

By: Eesha Pendharkar

Outlets: Maine Morning Star

Published: June 23, 2026

Words: 940

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 1 day ago

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Kennebunkport resident Kristin Fuhrmann-Simmons saw her family’s health insurance costs increase ten-fold after Congress last year failed to extend pandemic-era tax credits for plans purchased on the marketplace. Next year, she’s facing another potential 20% increase, this time due to a proposed hike by her insurance provider.

“I didn’t know that the cost of care could get any worse,” Fuhrmann-Simmons said. “I had no idea that they were going to say, ‘Now we need to …

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