Health Care

The true tale of a health policy maverick

Ohio Governor John Kasich isn’t afraid of controversy, and he’s been taking his show on the road as of late. In Maine recently, he promoted a constitutional […]

Christy Daggett

Posted April 7, 2015

Tags Economy, Health Care, Medicaid

Health Care

Maine's Lost Medicaid Funding Update

Maine has now lost MORE THAN $356 MILLION in federal health care funds. This counter illustrates the high stakes in the ongoing debate over the state accepting federal […]

Mark Sullivan

Posted January 20, 2015

Tags Health Care, Medicaid

Health Care

Tallying Maine's Lost Federal Medicaid Funding

Maine has now lost MORE THAN $285 MILLION in federal health care funds. This counter illustrates the high stakes in the ongoing debate over the state accepting […]

Posted November 6, 2014

Tags Federal, Health Care, Medicaid

Health Care

Attention: Important Census Data Ahead

Next week the U.S. Census Bureau will have two major releases that will provide researchers, policymakers, the media, and the public with critically important data on poverty, […]

Mark Sullivan

Posted September 12, 2014

Tags Affordable Care Act, Health Care, Medicaid, Poverty

Health Care

Maine’s bankrupt health policy

This year, 1,300 Mainers will be saddled with catastrophic health costs. Here’s how it could have been avoided – while creating thousands of jobs and boosting state […]

Christy Daggett

Posted July 3, 2014

Tags Affordable Care Act, Health Care, Jobs, Medicaid

Health Care, Jobs and Income

Percy Spencer’s Candy Bar: Health Care Reform and the Innovation Economy

Yesterday, my scientist brother promised my eight-year-old son a new Hot Wheels car if he could research and explain how the microwave cooked his lunch. My son […]

Christy Daggett

Posted June 24, 2014

Tags Affordable Care Act, Health Care, Jobs, Medicaid

Health Care, Taxes and Budget

LePage’s Erroneous Bonds Policy Seriously Threatens Maine Hospital Finances

Last week, the (Lewiston) Sun Journal reported that the LePage Administration’s anti-bonding policies are forcing MaineGeneral Medical Center to pay $42 million more in interest on loans […]

Jody Harris

Posted June 18, 2014

Tags Bonds, Health Care, Jobs, Medicaid

Health Care, Taxes and Budget

Everything comes with a cost: the perilous (and unnecessary) fate of the Portland Free Clinic

Despite the historic opportunity offered by the federal funds available to expand Medicaid to cover Maine’s uninsured, millions of dollars earmarked for our state have been lost […]

Christy Daggett

Posted June 4, 2014

Tags Affordable Care Act, Health Care, Medicaid

Health Care

Between the lines of stockholder calls, refusing Medicaid expansion bad for hospitals’ balance sheets

First-quarter financial results are in, and the CEOs of some of America’s publicly-traded hospitals systems are finding Medicaid expansion is good for business. And they are reporting […]

Christy Daggett

Posted May 14, 2014

Tags Affordable Care Act, Health Care, Jobs, Medicaid

Health Care, Jobs and Income

Employer Mandate: Theory, practice and those pesky federal deficits . . .

The Urban Institute (UI) recently released a new analysis of the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) employer mandate (Why Not Just Eliminate the Employer Mandate?) and what the […]

Guest Blogger

Posted May 13, 2014

Tags Affordable Care Act, Health Care, Jobs, Medicaid

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The true tale of a health policy maverick

Maine's Lost Medicaid Funding Update

Tallying Maine's Lost Federal Medicaid Funding

Attention: Important Census Data Ahead

Maine’s bankrupt health policy

Percy Spencer’s Candy Bar: Health Care Reform and the Innovation Economy

LePage’s Erroneous Bonds Policy Seriously Threatens Maine Hospital Finances

Everything comes with a cost: the perilous (and unnecessary) fate of the Portland Free Clinic

Between the lines of stockholder calls, refusing Medicaid expansion bad for hospitals’ balance sheets

Employer Mandate: Theory, practice and those pesky federal deficits . . .