Taxes and Budget

Questions

Yesterday the Portland Press Herald published an Associated Press report on Maine’s Medicaid spending. In the online version of the story was a “poll” that featured the […]

Garrett Martin

Posted February 22, 2012

Tags Budget, Health Care, Medicaid

Health Care

Responsible Solutions Gaining Traction as Alternative to LePage Administration MaineCare Cuts

Governor LePage continues to mount a campaign of anecdotes, misinformation and intimidation to promote his proposed $221 million in cuts to MaineCare. On 1/25, MECEP and our partners […]

Mark Sullivan

Posted January 31, 2012

Tags Medicaid, Tax Fairness

Taxes and Budget

Bridging Maine’s Budget Gap: Irresponsible Proposals or Responsible Measures?

The bipartisan legislative backlash against the proposal to cut funding for private non-medical institutions (PNMIs) is just the most recent evidence of the irresponsible way the LePage Administration […]

Mark Sullivan

Posted January 6, 2012

Tags Budget, Health Care, Medicaid

Taxes and Budget

Editorial Round-up: Commentaries Condemn LePage Administration’s Proposed Health Care Budget Cuts

Over the holidays, our newspapers published several columns, many by Maine health care advocates, criticizing the LePage Administration’s proposed $220 million in cuts to the Department of […]

Mark Sullivan

Posted January 3, 2012

Tags Budget, Health Care, Medicaid

Health Care

Editorial Round Up: Maine Opinion Leaders Weigh in on Proposed Medicaid Cuts

Maine’s newspaper editorial boards continue to criticize the LePage Administration’s proposed cuts to services important to Maine children, seniors, families and individuals with disabilities. The (Biddeford) Journal […]

Mark Sullivan

Posted December 19, 2011

Tags Budget, Health Care, Medicaid

Taxes and Budget

Maine People Speak Out Against Harsh Medicaid Budget Cuts

Hundreds of Mainers from across the state converged on the State House in Augusta yesterday to loudly voice their opposition to the $220 million in cuts the […]

Mark Sullivan

Posted December 15, 2011

Tags Budget, Health Care, Medicaid

Taxes and Budget

LePage Plan to Cut Services Raises a Media Firestorm

Governor Paul LePage ignited a vigorous public debate this week with his proposal to cut about $220 million in state funding for services important to working families, […]

Mark Sullivan

Posted December 8, 2011

Tags Budget, Health Care, Medicaid, Seniors

Health Care

Affordable Care Act in the Maine Media

In a 1/6/2011 editorial entitled “Affordable Care Act needs a label that shows its advantages,” Biddeford Journal Tribune editorial writer Nick Cowenhoven writes “the legislation may need […]

Mark Sullivan

Posted January 11, 2011

Tags Affordable Care Act, Health Care, Medicaid

Jobs and Income, Taxes and Budget

Getting the Facts Straight

Rigorous and credible research and analysis should be the foundation for evaluating public policies. Unfortunately during this election season, it is increasingly difficult to discern fact from […]

Garrett Martin

Posted September 15, 2010

Tags Medicaid, TANF

Jobs and Income

Statement Urging Senate Passage of Legislation to Extend Unemployment and TANF Benefits and Enhanced Federal Medicaid Funding

MECEP strongly urges Senators Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins to demand that before it adjourns for the July 4th break, the Senate pass comprehensive legislation to extend […]

MECEP

Posted June 30, 2010

Tags Employment, Federal, Health Care, Medicaid, TANF

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Questions

Responsible Solutions Gaining Traction as Alternative to LePage Administration MaineCare Cuts

Bridging Maine’s Budget Gap: Irresponsible Proposals or Responsible Measures?

Editorial Round-up: Commentaries Condemn LePage Administration’s Proposed Health Care Budget Cuts

Editorial Round Up: Maine Opinion Leaders Weigh in on Proposed Medicaid Cuts

Maine People Speak Out Against Harsh Medicaid Budget Cuts

LePage Plan to Cut Services Raises a Media Firestorm

Affordable Care Act in the Maine Media

Getting the Facts Straight

Statement Urging Senate Passage of Legislation to Extend Unemployment and TANF Benefits and Enhanced Federal Medicaid Funding