Taxes and Budget Sun Journal: Tax bill's fate may depend on Maine's Susan Collins Sarah Austin, a policy analyst with the Maine Center for Economic Policy, said in a prepared statement that removing the mandate would lead to 50,000 Mainers losing coverage and increase costs for many others. Sun Journal Posted November 27, 2017 Tags Federal, Taxes
Taxes and Budget 3 Reasons Why the Trump-Republican Tax Scheme Puts Working Families LAST Working families across America already know that the tax system is rigged in favor of the wealthy and large corporations. Despite his “America First” campaign rhetoric, President Trump and […] Sarah Austin Posted November 20, 2017 Tags Federal, Taxes, TCJA
Taxes and Budget UPDATE: New Analysis on Senate tax legislation By 2027, the 80% of Maine households earning less than $147,140 will see a tax increase of $250 on average under the Senate’s proposed tax bill, according to new analysis released yesterday by […] Posted November 20, 2017 Tags Federal, Taxes, Trump Tax Cuts
Health Care, Taxes and Budget Maine Public: Repealing Individual Mandate Would Leave 50,000 More Mainers Uninsured Both the Maine Center for Economic Policy and the Washington, D.C.-based Center for American Progress crunched the numbers from a Congressional Budget Office analysis to get state-specific […] Maine Public Posted November 17, 2017 Tags Affordable Care Act, Federal, Health Care
Health Care, Taxes and Budget Free Press Online: Congress to Vote on Massive Tax Cut for the Wealthy, Repeal of ACA Provision Recent college graduate Jonathan Brown, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree and analyst Sarah Austin of the Maine Center for Economic Policy (Click on dots below for more photos) […] The Free Press Posted November 17, 2017 Tags Affordable Care Act, Federal, Health Care, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes, Trump Tax Cuts
Health Care PRESS RELEASE: MECEP Analysis: Senate plan to repeal ACA individual mandate a huge step back FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 15, 2017 CONTACT James Myall jmyall@mecep.org (207) 798-2617 MECEP Analysis: Senate plan to repeal ACA individual mandate a huge step back New Senate […] Posted November 15, 2017 Tags Affordable Care Act, Federal, Health Care
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
Taxes and Budget PRESS RELEASE: New Analysis Sees Little Change in Senate Republican Tax Plan FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 13, 2017 CONTACT Sarah Austin saustin@mecep.org (207) 620-1104 New Analysis Sees Little Change in Senate Republican Tax Plan […] Posted November 13, 2017 Tags Federal, Taxes, Trump Tax Cuts
Taxes and Budget MECEP talks GOP tax reform on WZON The Pulse with Don Cookson Sarah Austin of the Maine Center for Economic Policy joins us this morning to talk about the GOP’s tax reform proposal. WZON Posted November 13, 2017 Tags Federal, Taxes, Trump Tax Cuts
Taxes and Budget GOP Child Care Tax Credits Leave out 29,000 low-income Maine children FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 10, 2017 CONTACT Marpheen Chann mchann@mecep.org (207) 620-1128 GOP Child Care Tax Credits Leave out 29,000 low-income Maine children AUGUSTA, MAINE (November 10, 2017) — Today, Ivanka Trump joined a round […] Posted November 12, 2017 Tags Children, Federal, Taxes