Health Care What’s the real story with health insurance rates in Maine? Today’s Maine Wire story on the impact of last year’s health insurance law passed by the Maine legislature paints a too-good-to-be-true picture about declining health insurance rates […] Garrett Martin Posted May 16, 2012 Tags Health Care
Health Care LePage Administration Proposal Puts Political Appointee Perks Ahead of Health Care for Maine’s Most Vulnerable For the last several months, public attention has focused on the LePage Administration’s proposal to eliminate health care benefits for 65,000 Maine children, seniors and disabled individuals. […] Mark Sullivan Posted February 21, 2012 Tags Health Care
Health Care Testimony at Hearing on LD 1670, An Act To Extend the Scope of the Maine Guaranteed Access Reinsurance Association MECEP has been consistent in highlighting that PL 90’s reinsurance program effectively subsidizes the individual insurance market and helps drive down the average cost and premiums within […] MECEP Posted February 15, 2012 Tags Health Care
Health Care Responsible Solutions Gaining Traction as Alternative to LePage Administration MaineCare Cuts Governor LePage continues to mount a campaign of anecdotes, misinformation and intimidation to promote his proposed $221 million in cuts to MaineCare. On 1/25, MECEP and our partners […] Mark Sullivan Posted January 31, 2012 Tags Medicaid, Tax Fairness
Health Care Statement: Engage Maine's Responsible Solution MECEP urges policymakers to support a responsible solution for a more cost-effective health care delivery and fairer tax structure that will shrink budget shortfall. The Governor’s proposal […] Jody Harris Posted January 25, 2012 Tags Health Care, Medicare
Health Care Words and Deeds: The Results Are In and the New Health Insurance Law Raises Rates for Seniors and Rural Mainers Last Legislative session, Governor LePage proposed sweeping changes to Maine’s health insurance rules. This was one of the most contentious issues of the legislative session and represented […] Garrett Martin Posted January 17, 2012 Tags Health Care, Insurance and Financial Services Committee
Health Care Responsible Solutions Require an Honest Assessment of the Facts It’s about income. Maine Equal Justice Partners recently released a critical report that tells the true story about MaineCare’s Childless Adult Waiver Program. Media coverage was extensive, but failed to […] Garrett Martin Posted January 11, 2012 Tags Budget, Health Care
Health Care Editorial Round Up: Maine Opinion Leaders Weigh in on Proposed Medicaid Cuts Maine’s newspaper editorial boards continue to criticize the LePage Administration’s proposed cuts to services important to Maine children, seniors, families and individuals with disabilities. The (Biddeford) Journal […] Mark Sullivan Posted December 19, 2011 Tags Budget, Health Care, Medicaid
Health Care Health Care Jobs in Maine: Impact of Medicaid Jobs are the most pressing issue in Maine. The health care industry is a major economic engine and source of jobs in the state. The map and […] Jody Harris Posted December 9, 2011 Tags Health Care, Jobs
Health Care Presentation to a Maine Health Access Foundation Briefing on LD 1333 The new insurance law is NO SOLUTION. It fails to address the real problem which is the rising cost of health care for everybody. Until we get […] MECEP Posted July 20, 2011 Tags Health Care