Health Care

MECEP on WGAN to Explain the Benefits of Voting "YES" on 2 for Medicaid Expansion

This morning, MECEP Executive Director Garrett Martin went on-air on WGAN to lay out the benefits to Maine people and Maine’s economy if Mainers vote “yes” on […]

WGAN

Posted October 20, 2017

Tags Economy, Health Care, Jobs, Medicaid

Jobs and Income

New Payday-Lending Rule Could be Helpful in Maine

The new rules require payday lenders to start verifying a borrower’s ability to repay a loan before rolling it over into a new loan. Maine already has […]

Public News Service

Posted October 11, 2017

Tags Consumer Protection, Federal

Health Care

Maine Medical Association Announces Support For Ballot Initiative Expanding Medicaid

If Maine expands Medicaid, the federal government will pick up about 90 percent of the tab. The Maine Center for Economic Policy estimates the state would receive […]

Maine Public

Posted October 11, 2017

Tags Health Care, Medicaid

Health Care

After Years of Obstruction, Voters Will Have Say in Maine’s Medicaid Expansion Efforts

Mainers for Health Care consists of a coalition “of organizations dedicated to ensuring Maine families have access to quality, affordable health care.” Its steering committee includes the Maine […]

Rewire

Posted October 11, 2017

Tags Health Care, Medicaid

Health Care

Medicaid expansion – on Maine’s November ballot – divides business groups

The Maine Center for Economic Policy, a left-leaning economic think tank, has estimated that 3,000 new jobs would be created in Maine if Medicaid were expanded. […]

Portland Press Herald

Posted October 3, 2017

Tags Health Care, Medicaid

Taxes and Budget

MECEP talks Trump's tax plan on The Pulse with Don Cookson

MECEP’s tax and budget policy analyst called into WZON’s The Pulse with Don Cookson to discuss Trump’s tax plan sketch and its proposal to eliminate the […]

WZON

Posted October 2, 2017

Tags Federal, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes, Trump Tax Cuts

Education

New program aims to educate about race

The Maine Center for Economic Policy found in 2014 that blacks and African Americans in Maine have some of the highest rates of poverty in the country. […]

Portland Press Herald

Posted September 29, 2017

Tags Education, Inequality, Racial Equity

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

Groups Challenge LePage’s Claim That Maine Will Get More Money Under GOP Health Bill

The Maine Center for Economic Policy issued a statement Friday saying it estimates Maine would lose $1 billion under the proposal, and that more than 160,000 Mainers stand to lose health coverage.

Maine Public

Posted September 23, 2017

Tags Affordable Care Act, Federal, Health Care

Maine’s Economy

MECEP talks SOWM 2017 on The Pulse with Don Cookson

MECEP’s executive director Garrett Martin called in to talk about MECEP’s new report: “The State of Working Maine 2017”.

WZON

Posted September 21, 2017

Tags Economy

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MECEP on WGAN to Explain the Benefits of Voting "YES" on 2 for Medicaid Expansion

New Payday-Lending Rule Could be Helpful in Maine

Maine Medical Association Announces Support For Ballot Initiative Expanding Medicaid

After Years of Obstruction, Voters Will Have Say in Maine’s Medicaid Expansion Efforts

Medicaid expansion – on Maine’s November ballot – divides business groups

MECEP talks Trump's tax plan on The Pulse with Don Cookson

New program aims to educate about race

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

Groups Challenge LePage’s Claim That Maine Will Get More Money Under GOP Health Bill

MECEP talks SOWM 2017 on The Pulse with Don Cookson