Taxes and Budget

Bangor Daily News: After initial relief, paying for GOP tax cuts could hit Mainers hard

But U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree said she won’t. She and policy analyst Sarah Austin of the left-leaning Maine Center for Economic Policy said in a roundtable discussion in Portland on Monday that the bill will be paid for by forthcoming cuts to Medicare and Medicaid benefits used by many elderly and low-income residents and the Pell student-loan program for low- to middle-class Mainers.

Bangor Daily News

Posted November 15, 2017

Tags Federal, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Health Care

Bangor Daily News: Why these major Bangor organizations are supporting Medicaid expansion

In Penobscot County alone, the Maine Center for Economic Policy projects an $89 million impact, propelled by the injection of $68 million in federal funding.

Bangor Daily News

Posted November 3, 2017

Tags Health Care, Medicaid

Health Care

PPH Op-Ed: Hospital leaders: Vote ‘yes’ on statewide Question 2, Medicaid expansion

According to statistics from the Maine Center for Economic Policy, the four least-populous counties in Maine – Franklin, Lincoln, Piscataquis and Washington – would see an average […]

Bangor Daily News

Posted November 2, 2017

Tags Affordable Care Act, Health Care, Medicaid

Health Care

Collins ‘no’ to Graham-Cassidy highlights dangers of rushed, harmful repeal bill

As the Maine Center for Economic Policy notes, in most Maine counties, hospitals are the biggest employers. Half of Maine’s hospitals operate in deficit, and only one-third have […]

Bangor Daily News

Posted September 27, 2017

Tags Affordable Care Act, Federal, Health Care

Health Care

Amy Fried: Everyone benefits from Medicaid expansion

In most of our counties, hospitals are the biggest employers. However, as noted in an analysis by the Maine Center for Economic Policy, hospitals have been hurt by not expanding Medicaid, called MaineCare. In recent years, Maine hospitals have been admitting fewer people with Medicaid and the number without any insurance has increased.

Bangor Daily News

Posted September 19, 2017

Tags Health Care, Medicaid

Education

MECEP Op-Ed: in the BDN: Without a fair funding source, many Maine kids won’t get a quality education

When contrasted with the tax breaks the top 2 percent of Mainers will enjoy over the next two years, the increased school funding looks like less of […]

Bangor Daily News

Posted September 5, 2017

Tags Children, Education, Revenue, Tax Breaks, Taxes

Maine’s Economy

It’s not surprising LePage is upset about a welfare bill that actually helps poor people

Data from the U.S. Census’ American Community Survey, compiled by the Maine Center for Economic Policy, show that the proportion of Maine children growing up in extreme […]

Bangor Daily News

Posted May 13, 2017

Tags Economic Security, Poverty

Maine’s Economy, Taxes and Budget

There’s no doubt Maine has unspent federal cash. The fight is over how to use it.

Gideon claims the number of Maine children in extreme poverty — families living at 50 percent of the federal poverty level of $10,000 per year for a […]

Bangor Daily News

Posted May 10, 2017

Tags Economy, Federal

Maine’s Economy

LePage proves why relying on tips isn’t sound economic policy

In Maine, eight of 10 workers who are paid the subminimum wage are women, according to the left-leaning Maine Center for Economic Policy. Tipped workers are twice […]

Bangor Daily News

Posted April 8, 2017

Tags Incomes, Wages

Taxes and Budget

LePage’s responsibility is first to Maine people, not to shrinking the federal deficit

The Maine Center for Economic Policy last week released a compendium of federal funding opportunities Maine has missed out on over the past six years. The organization […]

Bangor Daily News

Posted March 31, 2017

Tags Budget, Federal

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Bangor Daily News: After initial relief, paying for GOP tax cuts could hit Mainers hard

Bangor Daily News: Why these major Bangor organizations are supporting Medicaid expansion

PPH Op-Ed: Hospital leaders: Vote ‘yes’ on statewide Question 2, Medicaid expansion

Collins ‘no’ to Graham-Cassidy highlights dangers of rushed, harmful repeal bill

Amy Fried: Everyone benefits from Medicaid expansion

MECEP Op-Ed: in the BDN: Without a fair funding source, many Maine kids won’t get a quality education

It’s not surprising LePage is upset about a welfare bill that actually helps poor people

There’s no doubt Maine has unspent federal cash. The fight is over how to use it.

LePage proves why relying on tips isn’t sound economic policy

LePage’s responsibility is first to Maine people, not to shrinking the federal deficit