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
Health Care Report: 105,000 Mainers could lose health coverage if ACA is struck down The nation’s highest court will have a 6-3 conservative majority if President Donald Trump’s nominee, 7th U.S. Circuit Court Judge Amy Coney Barrett, is confirmed. Her pending […] Beacon Posted October 20, 2020 Tags Affordable Care Act, Federal, Health Care
Maine’s Economy New Census data highlights cracks in the economy – even before COVID New data released Thursday by the US Census Bureau show that many Mainers were already experiencing hardship before the COVID-19 pandemic and revealed the tenuous nature of the economic gains the state enjoyed in […] James Myall Posted September 18, 2020 Tags Coronavirus, Economic Security, Economy, Food Insecurity, Health Care, Poverty, Unemployment