Taxes and Budget Questions Yesterday the Portland Press Herald published an Associated Press report on Maine’s Medicaid spending. In the online version of the story was a “poll” that featured the […] Garrett Martin Posted February 22, 2012 Tags Budget, Health Care, Medicaid
Health Care LePage Administration Proposal Puts Political Appointee Perks Ahead of Health Care for Maine’s Most Vulnerable For the last several months, public attention has focused on the LePage Administration’s proposal to eliminate health care benefits for 65,000 Maine children, seniors and disabled individuals. […] Mark Sullivan Posted February 21, 2012 Tags Health Care
Health Care Testimony at Hearing on LD 1670, An Act To Extend the Scope of the Maine Guaranteed Access Reinsurance Association MECEP has been consistent in highlighting that PL 90’s reinsurance program effectively subsidizes the individual insurance market and helps drive down the average cost and premiums within […] MECEP Posted February 15, 2012 Tags Health Care
Taxes and Budget Please Support a Responsible Solution! More cost-effective health care delivery and fairer tax structure will shrink budget shortfall The Governor’s proposal would: Eliminate health coverage for more than 56,000 low-income people and cut medically necessary services for thousands of others remaining on the MaineCare program. […] MECEP Posted January 25, 2012 Tags Health Care, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Health Care Statement: Engage Maine's Responsible Solution MECEP urges policymakers to support a responsible solution for a more cost-effective health care delivery and fairer tax structure that will shrink budget shortfall. The Governor’s proposal […] Jody Harris Posted January 25, 2012 Tags Health Care, Medicare
Health Care Words and Deeds: The Results Are In and the New Health Insurance Law Raises Rates for Seniors and Rural Mainers Last Legislative session, Governor LePage proposed sweeping changes to Maine’s health insurance rules. This was one of the most contentious issues of the legislative session and represented […] Garrett Martin Posted January 17, 2012 Tags Health Care, Insurance and Financial Services Committee
Health Care Report Finds Older Mainers and Individuals and Small Businesses in Rural Areas Pay More under Health Insurance Law Gorman Actuarial findings validate MECEP’s analysis and provide evidence of the need to fix the law Augusta, Maine (Tuesday, January 17, 2012)- The Maine Center for […] Posted January 17, 2012 Tags Health Care
Jobs and Income, Taxes and Budget Jobs and Budget Cuts Top New England Service Providers’ Concerns A recent survey by the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston confirms that limited job opportunities and federal, state, and local budget cuts pose significant problems for low […] Garrett Martin Posted January 12, 2012 Tags Budget, Health Care, Incomes, Jobs, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Health Care Responsible Solutions Require an Honest Assessment of the Facts It’s about income. Maine Equal Justice Partners recently released a critical report that tells the true story about MaineCare’s Childless Adult Waiver Program. Media coverage was extensive, but failed to […] Garrett Martin Posted January 11, 2012 Tags Budget, Health Care
Taxes and Budget Bridging Maine’s Budget Gap: Irresponsible Proposals or Responsible Measures? The bipartisan legislative backlash against the proposal to cut funding for private non-medical institutions (PNMIs) is just the most recent evidence of the irresponsible way the LePage Administration […] Mark Sullivan Posted January 6, 2012 Tags Budget, Health Care, Medicaid