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
Health Care The true tale of a health policy maverick Ohio Governor John Kasich isn’t afraid of controversy, and he’s been taking his show on the road as of late. In Maine recently, he promoted a constitutional […] Christy Daggett Posted April 7, 2015 Tags Economy, Health Care, Medicaid
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
Health Care After Sixteen Years of Progress Reducing Smoking Rates, Maine Shouldn’t Call Off the Fight Maine policymakers mostly have resisted caving into the temptation to spend tobacco settlement funds on other purposes – until now. The governor’s proposed budget would cut $10 […] Christy Daggett Posted February 5, 2015 Tags Health Care
Health Care Maine's Lost Medicaid Funding Update Maine has now lost MORE THAN $356 MILLION in federal health care funds. This counter illustrates the high stakes in the ongoing debate over the state accepting federal […] Mark Sullivan Posted January 20, 2015 Tags Health Care, Medicaid
Health Care Maine Work-related Injuries Mark Sullivan Posted December 15, 2014 Tags Economy, Health Care, Job Quality
Jobs and Income Mainers on Disability Mark Sullivan Posted December 15, 2014 Tags Economy, Health Care, Job Quality
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