Health Care

Dr. Evans introduces legislation to improve health coverage enrollment process

According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, in 2019, 8.1 percent of Maine people, or more than 100,000 residents, were uninsured, a number that has almost certainly gone up […]

The Piscataquis Observer

Posted May 13, 2021

Tags Health Care, Immigration, Inequality

Health Care

Dental care is health care. MaineCare should cover it.

Our mouths are part of our bodies, so dental care is heath care. But a limited view of what counts as health care is leaving Mainers with […]

James Myall

Posted April 26, 2021

Tags Economic Security, Health Care, Inequality, Medicaid, Medicare, Poverty

Health Care

Maine has a chance to correct injustice by expanding health care to New Mainers with low incomes

All Mainers — no matter where they come from or what they look like — deserve access to affordable health care. MaineCare offers affordable health care coverage […]

James Myall

Posted April 16, 2021

Tags Coronavirus, Health Care, Inequality, Racial Equity

Health Care

Maine lawmakers consider several bills to tackle rising health care costs

Health care is a human right. But soaring health care costs prevent many Mainers from getting the care they need, and the problem is getting worse; The […]

James Myall

Posted March 18, 2021

Tags Health Care, Prescription Drugs

Health Care

Postpartum coverage bill would extend critical health care for new moms in Maine

New mothers have unique health care needs that must be met in order for new families to get the best start together. But for many new moms with low incomes, […]

James Myall

Posted February 26, 2021

Tags Children, Health Care, Medicaid

Health Care

Expanding health care for children will put Maine kids on upward trajectory for life

Access to affordable health care makes a huge difference to a child’s future. Investing in children’s health care will help ensure we have a healthy population and […]

James Myall

Posted February 24, 2021

Tags Children, Health Care

Health Care

Health data bill would fill in the holes in Maine’s understanding of racial health disparities

All Maine families — Black, brown, and white alike — should be able to live healthy lives and have access to the health care they need, when […]

James Myall

Posted February 16, 2021

Tags Health Care, Racial Equity

Health Care

Advocates call for incarcerated Mainers to be prioritized in state’s COVID vaccine plan

The issue has also drawn the attention of the state’s Permanent Commission on the Status of Racial, Indigenous and Maine Tribal Populations. James Myall, one of the […]

Beacon

Posted December 14, 2020

Tags Coronavirus, Health Care

Health Care

Maine group launches campaign to put universal health care on the ballot

Ryder also pointed to a 2019 study done by the Maine Center for Economic Policy (MECEP) that examined how a hypothetical universal health care system would work in the […]

Beacon

Posted November 20, 2020

Tags Health Care

Health Care

What will happen if the Supreme Court strikes down the Affordable Care Act?

Last week, the Supreme Court of the United States heard oral arguments in California v Texas, a lawsuit backed by 18 state attorneys general and the Trump administration, which asks […]

James Myall

Posted November 18, 2020

Tags Affordable Care Act, Federal, Health Care, Medicaid, Prescription Drugs

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Dr. Evans introduces legislation to improve health coverage enrollment process

Dental care is health care. MaineCare should cover it.

Maine has a chance to correct injustice by expanding health care to New Mainers with low incomes

Maine lawmakers consider several bills to tackle rising health care costs

Postpartum coverage bill would extend critical health care for new moms in Maine

Expanding health care for children will put Maine kids on upward trajectory for life

Health data bill would fill in the holes in Maine’s understanding of racial health disparities

Advocates call for incarcerated Mainers to be prioritized in state’s COVID vaccine plan

Maine group launches campaign to put universal health care on the ballot

What will happen if the Supreme Court strikes down the Affordable Care Act?