Health Care An Open Letter to Governor LePage Dear Governor LePage, You’ve got a jobs problem. Since you took office, Maine ranks 46th in job growth and 47th in state economic growth. We’re last in […] Garrett Martin Posted June 13, 2013 Tags Affordable Care Act, Budget, Health Care, Jobs, Medicaid
Health Care MECEP Analysis Shows Significant Impact of Accepting Federal Health Funds, County level analysis projects increase in jobs, economic activity, and health coverage Augusta, Maine (Thursday, June 12, 2013) Garrett Martin, executive director of the Maine Center for Economic Policy (MECEP) released new analysis depicting the impact by county of […] Posted June 12, 2013 Tags Affordable Care Act, Federal, Health Care
Health Care Federal Health Care Funding Makes Dollars and Sense for Maine New report finds that accepting federal funds will create jobs, boost Maine’s economy and provide health coverage to thousands of Maine people Augusta, Maine (Tuesday, March […] Posted March 12, 2013 Tags Affordable Care Act, Federal, Health Care
Health Care Press Conference: Federal Health Care Funding Makes Dollars and Sense for Maine At a press conference today, representatives from the Maine Center for Economic Policy (MECEP), Maine Equal Justice Partners (MEJP), Maine Medical Association (MMA), and Small Business Owner […] Posted March 12, 2013 Tags Affordable Care Act, Federal, Health Care
Health Care Maine’s 2011 Health Insurance Law: Winners and Losers MECEP illustrates the impact of Maine’s new health insurance law on rates for small businesses by region. The information is from Consumers for Affordable Health Care’s new […] MECEP Posted September 6, 2012 Tags Health Care
Health Care Statement on "Few Winners, Many Losers: Evaluating the Impact of Key Provisions of Maine's New Health Insurance Law to Date" New report confirms that premiums rise for most Maine consumers and small businesses Augusta, Maine (Tuesday, September 4, 2012) Garrett Martin, Executive Director of the Maine […] Posted September 4, 2012 Tags Health Care
Maine’s Economy National KIDS COUNT Index Tells a Positive, Yet Cautionary Tale In light of recent press around Maine’s Hunger Initiative, pioneered by Preble Street, it is timely to take a look at child well-being indicators as researched by […] Alexandra Alvarez Posted August 1, 2012 Tags Children, Education, Health Care
Health Care Health Insurance is Good As summarized in the New York Times last week, two recent studies show that Medicaid works. A study conducted in Oregon by researchers from MIT and Harvard […] Joel Johnson Posted July 31, 2012 Tags Health Care, Medicaid
Health Care What’s the real story with health insurance rates in Maine? Today’s Maine Wire story on the impact of last year’s health insurance law passed by the Maine legislature paints a too-good-to-be-true picture about declining health insurance rates […] Garrett Martin Posted May 16, 2012 Tags Health Care
Taxes and Budget Faulty Data and Bad Decisions On March 7, newspapers statewide reported that “a computer problem that allowed at least 19,000 Mainers who were not eligible for Medicaid to receive benefits has thrown […] Mark Sullivan Posted March 9, 2012 Tags Budget, Health Care, Medicaid