Health Care Testimony at Hearing on LD 1578: An Act to Increase Health Security by Expanding Federally Funded Health Care for Maine People Maine is on the cusp of an unprecedented economic opportunity. As many as 4,400 jobs and half a billion dollars in economic activity are at stake. That’s […] MECEP Posted January 15, 2014 Tags Federal, Health Care
Health Care Unprecedented Opportunity: Federal Health Care Funds Will Deliver 4,400 Jobs and $500,000,000 in Annual Economic Activity to Maine by 2016 If Maine lawmakers fail this legislative session to accept federal funds to provide health care to almost 70,000 Maine people, approximately half of whom are working, Maine […] MECEP Posted January 14, 2014 Tags Economy, Federal, Health Care, Jobs
Health Care County-Level Impacts of Accepting Affordable Care Act Federal Funds are Significant In 15 of Maine’s 16 counties, a major health care provider is one of the top two employers. In 10 counties, between 1 in 5 jobs and […] Mark Sullivan Posted January 14, 2014 Tags Affordable Care Act, Federal, Health Care
Taxes and Budget An Analysis of Investment in Tourism in Western Maine: 2002-2012 This report documents the investment in tourism assets in Franklin and Oxford counties over the past decade. MECEP analysis indicates that federal, state, and philanthropic funds contribute […] Jody Harris Posted October 15, 2013 Tags Economy, Federal, Local, Taxes
Maine’s Economy Congressional Fiscal Shenanigans: O. Henry or Stanley Kubrick? After weeks of gamesmanship, a minority in Congress succeeded in shutting down the federal government at midnight. The full impact here in Maine is still uncertain. We […] Mark Sullivan Posted October 1, 2013 Tags Budget, Federal, Taxes
Health Care Fact Sheet: Federal Health Care Funds Will Boost Local Economies MECEP estimates that turning down more than $1 billion in federal Affordable Care Act funds to cover the full cost of increasing health coverage to 69,500 Mainers will […] MECEP Posted September 18, 2013 Tags Affordable Care Act, Federal, Health Care
Health Care Maine Hospitals Will Lose $600 Million, Forgo 1,500 Jobs if Maine Does Not Accept Federal Affordable Care Act Funds While Governor LePage touts the bipartisan payment deal, his opposition to increasing health coverage puts hospital future finances at risk Augusta. Maine (Wednesday, September 18, 2013) […] Posted September 18, 2013 Tags Affordable Care Act, Federal, Health Care
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