Taxes and Budget Editorial Round-up: Commentaries Condemn LePage Administration’s Proposed Health Care Budget Cuts Over the holidays, our newspapers published several columns, many by Maine health care advocates, criticizing the LePage Administration’s proposed $220 million in cuts to the Department of […] Mark Sullivan Posted January 3, 2012 Tags Budget, Health Care, Medicaid
Health Care Editorial Round Up: Maine Opinion Leaders Weigh in on Proposed Medicaid Cuts Maine’s newspaper editorial boards continue to criticize the LePage Administration’s proposed cuts to services important to Maine children, seniors, families and individuals with disabilities. The (Biddeford) Journal […] Mark Sullivan Posted December 19, 2011 Tags Budget, Health Care, Medicaid
Taxes and Budget Maine People Speak Out Against Harsh Medicaid Budget Cuts Hundreds of Mainers from across the state converged on the State House in Augusta yesterday to loudly voice their opposition to the $220 million in cuts the […] Mark Sullivan Posted December 15, 2011 Tags Budget, Health Care, Medicaid
Health Care Health Care Jobs in Maine: Impact of Medicaid Jobs are the most pressing issue in Maine. The health care industry is a major economic engine and source of jobs in the state. The map and […] Jody Harris Posted December 9, 2011 Tags Health Care, Jobs
Taxes and Budget Data Show Administration’s Proposed Health Care Budget Cuts Would Cost More than 4,400 Jobs Statewide If adopted, these cuts would “further worsen Maine’s employment picture and the prospects for future growth” Augusta, Maine (Friday, December 9, 2011)- The Maine Center for […] Posted December 9, 2011 Tags Budget, Health Care, Jobs
Taxes and Budget LePage Plan to Cut Services Raises a Media Firestorm Governor Paul LePage ignited a vigorous public debate this week with his proposal to cut about $220 million in state funding for services important to working families, […] Mark Sullivan Posted December 8, 2011 Tags Budget, Health Care, Medicaid, Seniors
Health Care Legislative Council Rejects Health Insurance Rate Hike Fix Augusta, Maine (Monday, October 31, 2011)- This afternoon the Maine Legislative Council, made up of House and Senate leadership of both political parties, voted down two bills […] Posted October 31, 2011 Tags Health Care
Health Care Presentation to a Maine Health Access Foundation Briefing on LD 1333 The new insurance law is NO SOLUTION. It fails to address the real problem which is the rising cost of health care for everybody. Until we get […] MECEP Posted July 20, 2011 Tags Health Care
Maine’s Economy Opinion Round-up for Friday, May 20, 2011 These are editorials and op ed columns from Maine newspapers on subjects of interest to those who follow MECEP’s blog. Links to these and other news and […] Mark Sullivan Posted May 20, 2011 Tags Children, Health Care
Health Care Fact Sheet: Proposed rollback of health insurance reforms will hurt middle age and older Mainers, the sick, and rural residents and business MECEP’s analysis of L.D. 1333, legislation to repeal many of Maine’s basic health care consumer protections, allow out-of-state insurers to market policies in Maine that are not […] MECEP Posted May 9, 2011 Tags Health Care