Employer Mandate: Theory, practice and those pesky federal deficits . . .

The Urban Institute (UI) recently released a new analysis of the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) employer mandate (Why Not Just Eliminate the Employer Mandate?) and what the […]

Guest Blogger

Posted May 13, 2014

Tags Affordable Care Act, Health Care, Jobs, Medicaid

Health Care, Jobs and Income

More evidence that accepting federal funds to expand health care is the right prescription for Maine

A new study finds that Romneycare – the Massachusetts health insurance program that was used as a model for the Affordable Care Act – has prevented 230 […]

Christy Daggett

Posted May 6, 2014

Tags Affordable Care Act, Health Care, Jobs, Medicaid

Health Care, Jobs and Income

Small Businesses and the Self-employed Will Lose if Maine Does Not Accept Federal Health Care Funds

Maine has a higher-than-average number of small businesses and one in seven Mainers is self-employed. More than half of Mainers are self-employed as farmers, loggers, fishermen, and […]

Christy Daggett

Posted April 22, 2014

Tags Affordable Care Act, Economy, Education, Health Care, Jobs, Medicaid

Health Care, Jobs and Income

The LePage Case against Medicaid Expansion: A House of Cards Built on Fallacies, Contradictions, and Ideology

“We cannot go grab federal money without understanding just how much Maine taxpayers will wind up paying. Furthermore, it is incredibly irresponsible to put taxpayers on the […]

Garrett Martin

Posted April 18, 2014

Tags Affordable Care Act, Economy, Health Care, Medicaid

Health Care

Debunking Myths about Health Reform Dollars for Maine

Last year, Maine legislators voted by a large majority to accept federal funds to extend health insurance coverage to 69,500 low-income Mainers, but they fell a few […]

Jody Harris

Posted March 15, 2014

Tags Federal, Health Care

Education, Health Care, Jobs and Income

State Policies Are Failing Maine's Working Moms

In 2012, women headed one of every three low-income working families in Maine, according to a new report released today by the Working Poor Families Project. These […]

Jody Harris

Posted February 12, 2014

Tags Affordable Care Act, Children, Education, EITC, Employment, Health Care, Incomes, Jobs, Minimum Wage, Poverty, TANF

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

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

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Employer Mandate: Theory, practice and those pesky federal deficits . . .

More evidence that accepting federal funds to expand health care is the right prescription for Maine

Small Businesses and the Self-employed Will Lose if Maine Does Not Accept Federal Health Care Funds

The LePage Case against Medicaid Expansion: A House of Cards Built on Fallacies, Contradictions, and Ideology

Debunking Myths about Health Reform Dollars for Maine

State Policies Are Failing Maine's Working Moms

Testimony at Hearing on LD 1578: An Act to Increase Health Security by Expanding Federally Funded Health Care for Maine People

Expensive Medicaid Report Relies on Unrealistic Poverty Projection

Unprecedented Opportunity: Federal Health Care Funds Will Deliver 4,400 Jobs and $500,000,000 in Annual Economic Activity to Maine by 2016

Accepting Federal Funds "Once in a Lifetime Opportunity to Boost Maine's Economy"