From 'hellish' to health care: The Affordable Care Act in ME 1 year later

A little over a year ago, things weren't going very well for the Affordable Care Act. For some Mainers, "hellish" might have been the right word. The website for the federal insurance marketplace kept failing. Phone lines jammed for the popular new health insurance co-op in Lewiston. Overall, it took people longer to sign up for health insurance than it did to fly cross-country, and the process was about as frustrating. And those were the lucky ones. Many very poor Mainers couldn't get insurance, period. All from healthcare reform that no one completely understood. Since then, a lot has changed. And a lot has stayed the same.