Campaign to extend MaineCare coverage to all eligible noncitizens vows to fight on

“Maine should be a place where all of us, regardless of background or origin, can get health care when we need it. Unfortunately, this week the Maine […]

Beacon

Posted June 28, 2023

Tags Health Care, Immigration, Medicaid

Health Care, Taxes and Budget

Bill to extend MaineCare coverage to noncitizens wins support in Maine House

Groups supporting the proposal include Maine Equal Justice, Maine Center for Economic Policy, Presente! Maine, Maine Coalition Against Sexual Assault, the ACLU of Maine, American Cancer Society […]

Portland Press Herald

Posted June 26, 2023

Tags Health Care, Immigration, Medicaid

Health Care

Survey results show a “broken” health care system in Maine

Profit-centered. Unaffordable. Confusing. This is how Mainers describe our health care system. When even people who are insured describe rationing medication, forgoing treatment, and thousands of dollars […]

James Myall

Posted June 21, 2023

Tags Health Care

Health Care, Jobs and Income

Maine nurses split over whether state mandate of staff ratios would help

“Part of that is that health care jobs were extremely stressful – and dangerous – over the past two years, which probably led people to find other […]

Portland Press Herald

Posted June 18, 2023

Tags Health Care, Job Quality, Jobs

Continuing services budget provides stability to Maine communities and economy

Two weeks ago, the Joint Committee on Appropriations and Financial Affairs decided the budget for the upcoming two years would be divided into two parts: a “continuing […]

Josie Phillips

Posted April 3, 2023

Tags Budget, Caregiving, Children, Education, Health Care, Wages

Health Care, Taxes and Budget

Maine lawmakers push to expand MaineCare to some non-citizens

“With some of the previous expansions of MaineCare, the federal government has born a lot of the cost,” Maine Center for Economic Policy Analyst James Myall said. […]

Fox 23

Posted March 28, 2023

Tags Health Care, Racial Equity, Taxes

Health Care

Will legislators undo LePage’s rollback and restore health coverage to low-income immigrants?

“New Mainers are particularly likely to work in grocery stores and care homes, restaurant kitchens and hotels — many of the industries which are currently struggling to […]

Beacon

Posted February 27, 2023

Tags Health Care, Racial Equity

Health Care

Advocates worry that ‘fentanyl hysteria’ will further criminalize people who use drugs

“By 2016, harm reduction activists noted the product on the street that was being sold as heroin had almost none,” reads A Better Path for Maine: The […]

Beacon

Posted February 13, 2023

Tags Health Care

Taxes and Budget

Yes, a budget can change lives

Upcoming budget process gives legislators a choice to make our communities more resilient As Mainers have seen, when legislators resist a scarcity mindset and choose to fund […]

Josie Phillips

Posted January 9, 2023

Tags Budget, Child Tax Credit, Children, Health Care

Health Care

MaineCare Expansion at 4: Greater Care, Healthier Hospitals, Stronger Economy

On January 3, 2019, Governor Janet Mills signed her first executive order, implementing the expansion of MaineCare, Maine’s Medicaid program, which had been approved by voters in […]

James Myall

Posted January 3, 2023

Tags Health Care, Immigration, Medicaid

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Campaign to extend MaineCare coverage to all eligible noncitizens vows to fight on

Bill to extend MaineCare coverage to noncitizens wins support in Maine House

Survey results show a “broken” health care system in Maine

Maine nurses split over whether state mandate of staff ratios would help

Continuing services budget provides stability to Maine communities and economy

Maine lawmakers push to expand MaineCare to some non-citizens

Will legislators undo LePage’s rollback and restore health coverage to low-income immigrants?

Advocates worry that ‘fentanyl hysteria’ will further criminalize people who use drugs

Yes, a budget can change lives

MaineCare Expansion at 4: Greater Care, Healthier Hospitals, Stronger Economy