New Report: Rejecting federal health care funds is costing Maine $26.7 million in General Fund savings

Despite five bipartisan votes in favor of accepting federal healthcare funds to cover 70,000 uninsured Mainers, five successive vetoes by the governor have ensured that Maine has […]

Christy Daggett

Posted May 15, 2015

Tags Federal, Health Care, Medicaid

Health Care

The results are in: Accepting federal healthcare funds strengthens state finances, creates jobs, and grows state economies

“A recent report prepared by Manatt Health Solutions for the Maine Health Access Foundation, projected that accepting federal healthcare funds now would yield $26.7 million in net savings […]

Christy Daggett

Posted April 30, 2015

Tags Affordable Care Act, Federal, Health Care, Medicaid

Maine’s Economy

CFPB Initiative Is an Important Step toward Ending Unscrupulous, Abusive Lending Practices

“By taking this first rulemaking step, the CFPB has initiated a process that must ultimately ban a wide range of abusive lending practices and protect borrowers, especially […]

Posted April 2, 2015

Tags Consumer Protection, Federal

Maine’s Economy

Federal grants now available for local food initiatives

Congresswoman Chellie Pingree today announced the availability of new grants to support local agriculture under legislation she sponsored, the Local Farms, Food and Jobs Act, enacted as […]

Mark Sullivan

Posted March 17, 2015

Tags Economy, Federal, Local

Health Care

Health coverage for thousands of working Mainers at risk in Supreme Court case

The Supreme Court heard oral arguments recently in the King v. Burwell case, and a lot is riding on the outcome, especially for Maine. The court will […]

Christy Daggett

Posted March 16, 2015

Tags Affordable Care Act, Federal, Health Care

Maine’s Economy

Mainers dislike payday lenders

You know the ones. They flood the TV airwaves and fill your e-mail inbox with ads promising fast, painless cash to tide you over until the next […]

Jody Harris

Posted March 11, 2015

Tags Consumer Protection, Federal

Health Care

In States Refusing Federal Coverage Funds, Rural Hospitals Pay the Price

Fifteen hundred hospital beds have vanished in rural America since 2010. The cause of the disappearing beds is no mystery: rural hospitals are closing – and at […]

Christy Daggett

Posted December 1, 2014

Tags Federal, Health Care

Health Care

Tallying Maine's Lost Federal Medicaid Funding

Maine has now lost MORE THAN $285 MILLION in federal health care funds. This counter illustrates the high stakes in the ongoing debate over the state accepting […]

Posted November 6, 2014

Tags Federal, Health Care, Medicaid

Health Care

ACA cost saving measures help turn McAllen, Texas from national basket case to bellwether in five years

Health reform hasn’t only reduced the rate of uninsured to levels not seen since the 1990s; it also is reducing healthcare costs, which ultimately will make healthcare […]

Christy Daggett

Posted September 25, 2014

Tags Affordable Care Act, Federal, Health Care, Medicare

Health Care

Health Reform is Making History – But Maine is Slipping Behind

History is happening: the percent of Americans without health coverage is the lowest it’s been since the 1990s. Medicare costs are declining – not just slowing – […]

Christy Daggett

Posted September 22, 2014

Tags Affordable Care Act, Federal, Health Care, Medicare

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New Report: Rejecting federal health care funds is costing Maine $26.7 million in General Fund savings

The results are in: Accepting federal healthcare funds strengthens state finances, creates jobs, and grows state economies

CFPB Initiative Is an Important Step toward Ending Unscrupulous, Abusive Lending Practices

Federal grants now available for local food initiatives

Health coverage for thousands of working Mainers at risk in Supreme Court case

Mainers dislike payday lenders

In States Refusing Federal Coverage Funds, Rural Hospitals Pay the Price

Tallying Maine's Lost Federal Medicaid Funding

ACA cost saving measures help turn McAllen, Texas from national basket case to bellwether in five years

Health Reform is Making History – But Maine is Slipping Behind