Health Care

Effects of MaineCare Gap Felt Unevenly Across the State

It’s clear that accepting federal funds to increase health coverage in Maine would be good for our economy and for our collective health. It would also help […]

James Myall

Posted March 31, 2016

Tags Federal, Health Care

Accepting Federal Dollars for Affordable Health Care - Still a Great Deal in 2016

The Maine Legislature has another opportunity to accept hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funds and offer increased access to affordable health care for tens of […]

James Myall

Posted March 22, 2016

Tags Federal, Health Care

Maine’s Economy

Federal legislation would protect payday lending industry at the expense of Maine consumers

MECEP has joined hundreds of civil rights, consumer, labor, faith, veterans, seniors, and community organizations across the nation to strongly urge its Congressional Delegation to oppose H.R. […]

Jody Harris

Posted March 9, 2016

Tags Consumer Protection, Federal

Health Care

New Census Data Reveal Maine Is the Only State that Has Not Experienced an Increase in the Percentage of People with Health Insurance since ACA Passage

Maine has fallen from 10th to 24th in the nation for the percentage of people with health coverage since 2010 for a PDF of this release as […]

Posted September 16, 2015

Tags Affordable Care Act, Federal, Health Care

Health Care

Medicare: 50 years old and, since health care reform, more fiscally fit

You know there’s an election coming when you start hearing politicians claiming that Medicare is on the verge of bankruptcy. And with the first presidential debate scheduled […]

Mark Sullivan

Posted August 4, 2015

Tags Affordable Care Act, Federal, Health Care, Medicare

Health Care

Medicare at 50

Harry Truman was president when I was born. I was 13 years old on July 30, 1965, when President Lyndon Johnson traveled to Independence, Missouri to sign […]

Mark Sullivan

Posted July 30, 2015

Tags Affordable Care Act, Federal, Health Care, Medicare

Health Care

The day health care in America changed forever

Tomorrow, July 30, is a date of historic firsts. In 1619, the House of Burgesses, America’s first elected governing assembly met for the first time in Virginia, […]

Mark Sullivan

Posted July 29, 2015

Tags Affordable Care Act, Federal, Health Care, Medicaid, Medicare

Jobs and Income

Department of Defense moves to protect service members and their families from abusive creditors

A soldier returns from a tour of duty in Afghanistan to find his car repossessed in his absence. A sailor on patrol in the Persian Gulf receives […]

Marpheen Chann-Berry

Posted July 23, 2015

Tags Consumer Protection, Federal

Jobs and Income

New overtime regulation changes are welcome

“Two days ago, President Obama announced that he’s taking the easiest route to fixing this loophole. He is updating the standards so that employers cannot deny overtime […]

Marpheen Chann-Berry

Posted July 2, 2015

Tags Federal, Job Quality, Overtime

Taxes and Budget

Testimony In Opposition to LD 1417, LD 1418, and LD 1419 (Federal Constitutional Convention)

“If Congress called a constitutional convention or attempted to do so, our nation would be thrown into great turmoil, and likely find itself mired in lengthy legal […]

Mark Sullivan

Posted May 27, 2015

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Effects of MaineCare Gap Felt Unevenly Across the State

Accepting Federal Dollars for Affordable Health Care - Still a Great Deal in 2016

Federal legislation would protect payday lending industry at the expense of Maine consumers

New Census Data Reveal Maine Is the Only State that Has Not Experienced an Increase in the Percentage of People with Health Insurance since ACA Passage

Medicare: 50 years old and, since health care reform, more fiscally fit

Medicare at 50

The day health care in America changed forever

Department of Defense moves to protect service members and their families from abusive creditors

New overtime regulation changes are welcome

Testimony In Opposition to LD 1417, LD 1418, and LD 1419 (Federal Constitutional Convention)