Health Care

Testimony in Support of LD 1344, An Act to Protect Maine Consumers in the Individual Health Insurance Market and Support Maine's Economy

“Maine’s Marketplace enrollment has been a stunning success. Maine’s uninsured rate dropped 4.5 percentage points between 2013 and 2014 – the first year the Marketplace policies were […]

Mark Sullivan

Posted May 7, 2015

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Testimony in Support of L.D. 633, An Act To Improve the Health of Maine Citizens and the Economy of Maine by Providing Affordable Market-based Coverage Options to Low-income Uninsured Citizens; L.D. 808, An Act To Decrease Uncompensated Care, Reduce Medical Debt and Improve Health Outcomes; and L.D. 854, An Act To Increase Access to Health Security by Expanding Federally Funded Health Care for Maine People

Accepting federal healthcare funds would be good for the thousands of uninsured Mainers who are one accident or illness away from financial catastrophe. It would also support […]

Mark Sullivan

Posted April 30, 2015

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Testimony in Support of LD 813, An Act to Ensure that Hospitals Comply with the Laws Governing Transparency of Medical Billing

“LD 813 levels the playing field by giving individual consumers recourse when health care providers fail to comply with existing laws of public disclosure. It is a […]

Mark Sullivan

Posted April 16, 2015

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Health Care

Maine's Lost Medicaid Funding Update

Maine has now lost MORE THAN $356 MILLION in federal health care funds. This counter illustrates the high stakes in the ongoing debate over the state accepting federal […]

Mark Sullivan

Posted January 20, 2015

Tags Health Care, Medicaid

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Maine Work-related Injuries

Mark Sullivan

Posted December 15, 2014

Tags Economy, Health Care, Job Quality

Health Care

In States Refusing Federal Coverage Funds, Rural Hospitals Pay the Price

Fifteen hundred hospital beds have vanished in rural America since 2010. The cause of the disappearing beds is no mystery: rural hospitals are closing – and at […]

Christy Daggett

Posted December 1, 2014

Tags Federal, Health Care

Health Care

Wrong Way for Maine on Health Insurance

Maine is one of only two states in the country to experience an increase in the percentage of their people who do not have health insurance. The number […]

Mark Sullivan

Posted September 16, 2014

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Health Care

Attention: Important Census Data Ahead

Next week the U.S. Census Bureau will have two major releases that will provide researchers, policymakers, the media, and the public with critically important data on poverty, […]

Mark Sullivan

Posted September 12, 2014

Tags Affordable Care Act, Health Care, Medicaid, Poverty

Health Care

A Divide and Conquer Strategy that Risks the Health of Maine’s Seniors and Working Poor

The classic “divide and conquer” strategy, often attributed to cunning Julius Caesar, operates on the premise that pitting your adversaries against each other before you strike is […]

Christy Daggett

Posted August 5, 2014

Tags Affordable Care Act, Health Care, Seniors

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Federal Court Decisions Could Impact Mainers' Healthcare in Future

For the moment, people who have affordable coverage as a result of tax subsidies—including an estimated 39,000 Mainers—have nothing to fear. But two federal appellate court decisions […]

Hal Brewster

Posted July 23, 2014

Tags Federal, Health Care

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Testimony in Support of LD 1344, An Act to Protect Maine Consumers in the Individual Health Insurance Market and Support Maine's Economy

Testimony in Support of LD 813, An Act to Ensure that Hospitals Comply with the Laws Governing Transparency of Medical Billing

Maine's Lost Medicaid Funding Update

Maine Work-related Injuries

In States Refusing Federal Coverage Funds, Rural Hospitals Pay the Price

Wrong Way for Maine on Health Insurance

Attention: Important Census Data Ahead

A Divide and Conquer Strategy that Risks the Health of Maine’s Seniors and Working Poor

Federal Court Decisions Could Impact Mainers' Healthcare in Future