Article: Unions call for Michaud to back health care bill

ELLSWORTH - Union leaders in Maine are calling on U.S. Rep. Michael Michaud to endorse a health care bill recently introduced in the House of Representatives.

The bill, called Affordable Health Care for America Act, was unveiled in the House last week. The House is expected to vote on the bill on Saturday afternoon or evening.

Michaud has expressed reservations about earlier versions of the bill, HR 3962, saying that he wants to know how resulting cuts in Medicare would affect Mainers.

He also has indicated that he is concerned about low federal reimbursement rates that already negatively affect Maine's overall health care system.

"The congressman strongly supports health care reform and ...

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