Health Care Repealing the Affordable Care Act Puts Maine’s Health Care and Economy at Risk (Full Report) A new analysis of the House and Senate health care proposals by the Maine Center for Economic Policy (MECEP) finds that repealing the ACA in favor of […] Mark Sullivan Posted June 26, 2017 Tags Affordable Care Act, Federal, Health Care
Health Care MECEP Statement on the House Passage of the American Health Care Act [pdf-embedder url=”https://www.mecep.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/House-AHCA-passage-vote-5-4-2017-CC-version.pdf” title=”House AHCA passage vote 5-4-2017 CC version”] Posted May 4, 2017 Tags Affordable Care Act, Federal, Health Care
Health Care Republicans base their new Obamacare repeal on a Maine program they call a success. Don't believe them. “People who were young and healthy certainly benefited,” says Garrett Martin, executive director of the Maine Center for Economic Policy. “But small businesses that had older employees […] Chicago Tribune Posted April 19, 2017 Tags Affordable Care Act, Federal, Health Care
Health Care House GOP Plan Would Make Health Insurance Far Less Affordable for Maine Residents “The House Republican health plan would drive insurance costs so high that many Maine residents could no longer afford it, especially low-income and older people.” said MECEP Executive […] Posted March 9, 2017 Tags Affordable Care Act, Federal, Health Care
Health Care MECEP Report: ACA Repeal Poses Avoidable, Imminent Harm to Maine Health coverage for 95,000 Mainers and improvements for businesses, consumers, and providers at risk Augusta, Maine (Friday, January 20, 2017) The Maine Center for Economic Policy (MECEP) today released […] Posted January 20, 2017 Tags Affordable Care Act, Federal, Health Care
Health Care Healthcare.gov has benefited rural Maine the most for a PDF of the report which includes this graphic, click here. Mark Sullivan Posted January 20, 2017 Tags Affordable Care Act, Health Care
Health Care The ACA Has Significantly Reduced Annual Insurance Premium Increases for Mainers and Maine Businesses for a PDF of the report which includes this graphic, click here. Mark Sullivan Posted January 20, 2017 Tags Affordable Care Act, Health Care
Health Care Affordable Care Act Repeal Would be a Disaster for Maine (executive summary) The Affordable Care Act (ACA) provides tens of thousands of Mainers with affordable health care for the first time. Repeal of the ACA would plunge young adults, […] Mark Sullivan Posted January 19, 2017 Tags Affordable Care Act, Health Care
Health Care Affordable Care Act Repeal Would be a Disaster for Maine (full report) Since 2010, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has helped provide health care for thousands of Mainers, created jobs in the health care sector, reduced uncompensated care costs […] Mark Sullivan Posted January 19, 2017 Tags Affordable Care Act, Health Care
Health Care Latest US Census Data for Maine: Negligible Progress, More Work Needed Marginal improvements in income and poverty rates; progress in health care attributable to the Affordable Care Act Augusta, Maine (Thursday, September 15, 2016) State-level data for Maine released today […] Posted September 15, 2016 Tags Affordable Care Act, Federal, Health Care