Health Care Expensive Medicaid Report Relies on Unrealistic Poverty Projection The Alexander Group, a consulting firm that the LePage administration paid over $900K (using state and federal funds) to produce a report on the feasibility of expanding MaineCare/Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, claims that […] Joel Johnson Posted January 14, 2014 Tags Health Care, Medicaid, Poverty
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 Accepting Federal Funds "Once in a Lifetime Opportunity to Boost Maine's Economy" 4,400 jobs, a $500,000,000 lift to Maine’s economy, and health care for nearly 70,000 Maine people Augusta, Maine (Tuesday, January 14, 2014) New analysis from the Maine […] Posted January 14, 2014 Tags Affordable Care Act, Health Care, Medicaid
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
Education, Jobs and Income, Taxes and Budget When small is mighty BIG! Robert Reich is short, four feet, eleven inches to be precise. I mention his height because the former labor secretary and current professor at the University of […] Mark Sullivan Posted October 18, 2013 Tags Budget, Children, Education, Health Care, Jobs, Medicaid, Taxes
Health Care New Report Highlights How the Affordable Care Act Helps Close Affordability Gap This week the Kaiser Family Foundation released “An Early Look at Premiums and Insurer Participation in Health Insurance Marketplaces, 2014.” The report provides a summary of health […] Garrett Martin Posted September 25, 2013 Tags Affordable Care Act, Health Care, Medicaid
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, Maine’s Economy Latest Census Data: Maine's Economy Remains Stagnant; Children's Health Coverage Continues to Improve Maine median income and poverty rates statistically show no sign of improvement; number of children without health care down 31% since 2000 Augusta, Maine (Tuesday, September […] Posted September 17, 2013 Tags Economy, 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