Health Care

Failure to Override Health Care Funding Veto "Economic Folly and Human Tragedy"

Augusta, Maine (Wednesday, June 19, 2013) Garrett Martin, executive director of the Maine Center for Economic Policy (MECEP), issued the following statement today on the initial vote […]

Posted June 19, 2013

Tags Affordable Care Act, Federal, Health Care

Health Care

MECEP Analysis Shows Significant Impact of Accepting Federal Health Funds, County level analysis projects increase in jobs, economic activity, and health coverage

Augusta, Maine (Thursday, June 12, 2013) Garrett Martin, executive director of the Maine Center for Economic Policy (MECEP) released new analysis depicting the impact by county of […]

Posted June 12, 2013

Tags Affordable Care Act, Federal, Health Care

Taxes and Budget

MECEP Thanks Senator King for Leadership on "Even-handed" Budget Proposal

Augusta, Maine (Monday, March 18, 2013) Garrett Martin, Executive Director of the Maine Center for Economic Policy, today released the following statement as Maine’s congressional delegation begins […]

Posted March 18, 2013

Tags Budget, Federal

Health Care

Federal Health Care Funding Makes Dollars and Sense for Maine

New report finds that accepting federal funds will create jobs, boost Maine’s economy and provide health coverage to thousands of Maine people Augusta, Maine (Tuesday, March […]

Posted March 12, 2013

Tags Affordable Care Act, Federal, Health Care

Health Care

Press Conference: Federal Health Care Funding Makes Dollars and Sense for Maine

At a press conference today, representatives from the Maine Center for Economic Policy (MECEP), Maine Equal Justice Partners (MEJP), Maine Medical Association (MMA), and Small Business Owner […]

Posted March 12, 2013

Tags Affordable Care Act, Federal, Health Care

Taxes and Budget

Sequestration: A Disaster for Maine Working Families

Close to 7,000 Maine jobs are at risk if federal budget cuts slated to take effect on March 1 occur. That conclusion is based on a report authored […]

Mark Sullivan

Posted February 21, 2013

Tags Budget, Federal, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Growing Income Inequality is Another Sign that We Need to Raise Taxes on the Rich

Income inequality is growing and it’s a problem. New analysis of household income data shows a disturbing nationwide trend of growing income inequality over the last three […]

Joel Johnson

Posted November 15, 2012

Tags Federal, Inequality, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Most Mainers Who Don't Owe Federal Income Tax Work

Most Mainers who don’t owe federal income tax are working and paying a slew of other taxes, including federal payroll taxes and state and local taxes. The […]

Joel Johnson

Posted October 15, 2012

Tags Federal, Income Tax

Taxes and Budget

A New Plan to Raise Taxes on 35,000 Working Maine Families With 65,000 Children

On Wednesday, the US Senate is expected to vote on two opposing tax proposals that would result in very different outcomes for low-income working Mainers. One, by […]

Joel Johnson

Posted July 24, 2012

Tags Children, Federal, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

US House Continues To Fail Americans in Need

On May 10th, the US House of Representatives passed the inappropriately named Sequester Replacement Reconciliation Act, which would replace defense spending cuts mandated by last summer’s debt […]

Joel Johnson

Posted May 30, 2012

Tags Budget, Children, Federal, Food Insecurity, SNAP

Filter by Category

Filter by Resource Type

Filter by Author

Filter by Tags

Filter by Feature Research

Failure to Override Health Care Funding Veto "Economic Folly and Human Tragedy"

MECEP Analysis Shows Significant Impact of Accepting Federal Health Funds, County level analysis projects increase in jobs, economic activity, and health coverage

MECEP Thanks Senator King for Leadership on "Even-handed" Budget Proposal

Federal Health Care Funding Makes Dollars and Sense for Maine

Press Conference: Federal Health Care Funding Makes Dollars and Sense for Maine

Sequestration: A Disaster for Maine Working Families

Growing Income Inequality is Another Sign that We Need to Raise Taxes on the Rich

Most Mainers Who Don't Owe Federal Income Tax Work

A New Plan to Raise Taxes on 35,000 Working Maine Families With 65,000 Children

US House Continues To Fail Americans in Need