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

Health Care

Testimony in Support of L.D. 633, An Act To Improve the Health of Maine Citizens and the Economy of Maine by Providing Affordable Market-based Coverage Options to Low-income Uninsured Citizens; L.D. 808, An Act To Decrease Uncompensated Care, Reduce Medical Debt and Improve Health Outcomes; and L.D. 854, An Act To Increase Access to Health Security by Expanding Federally Funded Health Care for Maine People

Accepting federal healthcare funds would be good for the thousands of uninsured Mainers who are one accident or illness away from financial catastrophe. It would also support […]

Mark Sullivan

Posted April 30, 2015

Tags Health Care

Health Care, Jobs and Income

Governor’s Credit Ratings Claims Ignore Maine’s Precarious Financial Position

“The governor may tout his health care policies as good for the state . . . But he is wrong. And Maine’s “AA” credit rating from Fitch, […]

Christy Daggett

Posted April 28, 2015

Tags Health Care, Jobs

Health Care

Testimony in Support of LD 813, An Act to Ensure that Hospitals Comply with the Laws Governing Transparency of Medical Billing

“LD 813 levels the playing field by giving individual consumers recourse when health care providers fail to comply with existing laws of public disclosure. It is a […]

Mark Sullivan

Posted April 16, 2015

Tags Health Care

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Another tilt at the windmill, more wasted taxpayer funds, but a win for uninsured Maine young people

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

Honoring Maine’s Veterans: Serving Better Those Who Served (Full Report)

Honoring Maine’s Veterans: Serving Better Those Who Served (Executive Summary)

New MECEP Report: “Honoring Maine’s Veterans: Serving Better Those Who Served”

Testimony in Support of LD 1344, An Act to Protect Maine Consumers in the Individual Health Insurance Market and Support Maine's Economy

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

Governor’s Credit Ratings Claims Ignore Maine’s Precarious Financial Position

Testimony in Support of LD 813, An Act to Ensure that Hospitals Comply with the Laws Governing Transparency of Medical Billing