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
Health Care Mainers win in King v. Burwell The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in King v. Burwell ensures that over 60,000 Mainers, will continue to be able to afford health insurance under the Affordable Care […] Marpheen Chann-Berry Posted June 26, 2015 Tags Affordable Care Act, Health Care
Education, Health Care, Maine’s Economy Another tilt at the windmill, more wasted taxpayer funds, but a win for uninsured Maine young people The Supreme Court today declined to hear the LePage Administration’s appeal of a November 1st Circuit Court of Appeals ruling against the Administration’s request to cut 6,000 […] Christy Daggett Posted June 8, 2015 Tags Education, Health Care, Higher Education, Medicaid
Health Care, Taxes and Budget 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
Education, Health Care Honoring Maine’s Veterans: Serving Better Those Who Served (Full Report) “Our veterans also rely on the public services and the safety net available to Mainers regardless of military service. Because of the lasting, ill effects of their […] Mark Sullivan Posted May 7, 2015 Tags Education, Health Care
Education, Health Care Honoring Maine’s Veterans: Serving Better Those Who Served (Executive Summary) MECEP released a new report, Honoring Maine’s Veterans:Serving Better Those Who Served, on May 7,2015. MECEP graduate intern and Iraq war veteran Hal Brewster served as the report’s lead […] Mark Sullivan Posted May 7, 2015 Tags Education, Health Care
Health Care New MECEP Report: “Honoring Maine’s Veterans: Serving Better Those Who Served” “Despite the honors society accords veterans, they remain a group requiring policymakers’ considered and targeted attention―both to ensure that state programs are responsive and innovative, and to […] Posted May 7, 2015 Tags Health Care
Health Care Testimony in Support of LD 1344, An Act to Protect Maine Consumers in the Individual Health Insurance Market and Support Maine's Economy “Maine’s Marketplace enrollment has been a stunning success. Maine’s uninsured rate dropped 4.5 percentage points between 2013 and 2014 – the first year the Marketplace policies were […] Mark Sullivan Posted May 7, 2015 Tags Health Care
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