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
Taxes and Budget House Republican Tax Plan Reflects Misplaced Priorities and Missed Opportunities for Maine’s Middle Class and is Based on Failed Economic Ideas Republican lawmakers in congress are working to fast-track tax legislation for President Trump by the end of 2017. House Republicans are attempting to pass a tax bill before Thanksgiving, with the Senate slated to take action in early December. Sarah Austin Posted November 10, 2017 Tags Federal, Taxes, TCJA
Taxes and Budget Press Herald: House tax bill would give sizable savings to wealthy Mainers Sarah Austin, policy analyst at the left-leaning Maine Center for Economic Policy, said the changes would not provide any significant tax benefit to the typical Maine family. […] Portland Press Herald Posted November 3, 2017 Tags Federal, Tax Fairness, Taxes
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