More evidence that accepting federal funds to expand health care is the right prescription for Maine

A new study finds that Romneycare – the Massachusetts health insurance program that was used as a model for the Affordable Care Act – has prevented 230 […]

Christy Daggett

Posted May 6, 2014

Tags Affordable Care Act, Health Care, Jobs, Medicaid

Health Care, Jobs and Income

Small Businesses and the Self-employed Will Lose if Maine Does Not Accept Federal Health Care Funds

Maine has a higher-than-average number of small businesses and one in seven Mainers is self-employed. More than half of Mainers are self-employed as farmers, loggers, fishermen, and […]

Christy Daggett

Posted April 22, 2014

Tags Affordable Care Act, Economy, Education, Health Care, Jobs, Medicaid

Health Care, Jobs and Income

The LePage Case against Medicaid Expansion: A House of Cards Built on Fallacies, Contradictions, and Ideology

“We cannot go grab federal money without understanding just how much Maine taxpayers will wind up paying. Furthermore, it is incredibly irresponsible to put taxpayers on the […]

Garrett Martin

Posted April 18, 2014

Tags Affordable Care Act, Economy, Health Care, Medicaid

Health Care

Expensive Medicaid Report Relies on Unrealistic Poverty Projection

The Alexander Group, a consulting firm that the LePage administration paid over $900K (using state and federal funds) to produce a report on the feasibility of expanding MaineCare/Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, claims that […]

Joel Johnson

Posted January 14, 2014

Tags Health Care, Medicaid, Poverty

Health Care

Accepting Federal Funds "Once in a Lifetime Opportunity to Boost Maine's Economy"

4,400 jobs, a $500,000,000 lift to Maine’s economy, and health care for nearly 70,000 Maine people Augusta, Maine (Tuesday, January 14, 2014) New analysis from the Maine […]

Posted January 14, 2014

Tags Affordable Care Act, Health Care, Medicaid

Education, Jobs and Income, Taxes and Budget

When small is mighty BIG!

Robert Reich is short, four feet, eleven inches to be precise. I mention his height because the former labor secretary and current professor at the University of […]

Mark Sullivan

Posted October 18, 2013

Tags Budget, Children, Education, Health Care, Jobs, Medicaid, Taxes

Health Care

New Report Highlights How the Affordable Care Act Helps Close Affordability Gap

This week the Kaiser Family Foundation released “An Early Look at Premiums and Insurer Participation in Health Insurance Marketplaces, 2014.” The report provides a summary of health […]

Garrett Martin

Posted September 25, 2013

Tags Affordable Care Act, Health Care, Medicaid

Health Care

An Open Letter to Governor LePage

Dear Governor LePage, You’ve got a jobs problem. Since you took office, Maine ranks 46th in job growth and 47th in state economic growth. We’re last in […]

Garrett Martin

Posted June 13, 2013

Tags Affordable Care Act, Budget, Health Care, Jobs, Medicaid

Health Care

Health Insurance is Good

As summarized in the New York Times last week, two recent studies show that Medicaid works. A study conducted in Oregon by researchers from MIT and Harvard […]

Joel Johnson

Posted July 31, 2012

Tags Health Care, Medicaid

Taxes and Budget

Faulty Data and Bad Decisions

On March 7, newspapers statewide reported that “a computer problem that allowed at least 19,000 Mainers who were not eligible for Medicaid to receive benefits has thrown […]

Mark Sullivan

Posted March 9, 2012

Tags Budget, Health Care, Medicaid

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More evidence that accepting federal funds to expand health care is the right prescription for Maine

Small Businesses and the Self-employed Will Lose if Maine Does Not Accept Federal Health Care Funds

The LePage Case against Medicaid Expansion: A House of Cards Built on Fallacies, Contradictions, and Ideology

Expensive Medicaid Report Relies on Unrealistic Poverty Projection

Accepting Federal Funds "Once in a Lifetime Opportunity to Boost Maine's Economy"

When small is mighty BIG!

New Report Highlights How the Affordable Care Act Helps Close Affordability Gap

An Open Letter to Governor LePage

Health Insurance is Good

Faulty Data and Bad Decisions