Health Care, Jobs and Income, Maine’s Economy, Taxes and Budget Proposed Medicaid cuts put Maine families’ incomes at risk At a glance: Proposed Medicaid cuts could affect over 400,000 Mainers, especially children, older adults, and families with low income, reducing access to essential health care and […] Megan Michaud Posted February 21, 2025 Tags Budget, Health Care, Incomes, Inequality, Medicaid, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes, TCJA
Taxes and Budget Maine GOP proposes cuts to health care, housing, college aid, and paid leave In a series of votes last Tuesday, Republicans in Maine’s House and Senate didn’t just block an urgent supplemental budget measure to ensure health care providers get […] James Myall Posted February 20, 2025 Tags Budget, Education, Higher Education, Medicaid, Paid Family and Medical Leave, Revenue
Health Care, Taxes and Budget GOP lawmakers threaten Medicaid funding, putting rural hospitals at risk At a glance: Some Maine lawmakers are blocking a budget they previously supported, delaying funds needed for hospitals and health care providers Many hospitals, especially in rural […] James Myall Posted February 10, 2025 Tags Budget, Health Care, Medicaid
Taxes and Budget Maine can’t afford Trump’s dangerous plans to gut Medicaid If the election taught us anything, it’s that the cost of living is way too high. So why are we hearing about cuts that would make health […] Bangor Daily News Posted December 20, 2024 Tags Budget, Medicaid, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Health Care Wednesday Sit-Down: Changes to Medicaid looming In this week’s Wednesday Sit-Down, Garrett Martin, CEO of the Maine Center of Economic Policy, sits down with CBS 13 to discuss upcoming changes to Medicaid. Click […] WGME Posted December 11, 2024 Tags Federal, Medicaid, Wednesday Sit Down
Health Care Trump plans risk health coverage for Mainers and would cost the state millions At a glance: Plans to cut Medicaid include ending its expansion under the Affordable Care Act, reducing federal funding, introducing block grants (a fixed amount of money), […] James Myall Posted December 6, 2024 Tags Affordable Care Act, Health Care, Medicaid
Taxes and Budget New budget projections highlight the need to get serious about raising revenue Update: Read MECEP’s November 25, 2024 statement on the revised revenue forecast. At a glance: Projected budget shortfalls are nothing new Ultimately lawmakers must work with the […] James Myall Posted October 7, 2024 Tags Budget, Direct Care Work, Education, Health Care, K-12 Education, Medicaid, Revenue
Health Care, Taxes and Budget 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
Taxes and Budget New year, new budgets, new ways to put working families first In passing the 2023 budget plan, our representatives in Congress took an important step in providing the kinds of tools Maine working families said they need, including […] MECEP Posted January 5, 2023 Tags Budget, Child Tax Credit, Children, Education, Federal, Higher Education, Housing, Medicaid, Wages