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
Jobs and Income Testimony at Hearing on LD 1725 An Act to Strengthen the Unemployment Insurance Laws and Reduce Unemployment Fraud As we are all too intimately aware, Maine has a jobs deficit. Approximately 48,700 Mainers are unemployed.1 In 2011, we lost approximately 7,200 jobs.2 Our top priority […] MECEP Posted January 27, 2012 Tags Employment, Jobs
Taxes and Budget Please Support a Responsible Solution! More cost-effective health care delivery and fairer tax structure will shrink budget shortfall The Governor’s proposal would: Eliminate health coverage for more than 56,000 low-income people and cut medically necessary services for thousands of others remaining on the MaineCare program. […] MECEP Posted January 25, 2012 Tags Health Care, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Health Care Statement: Engage Maine's Responsible Solution MECEP urges policymakers to support a responsible solution for a more cost-effective health care delivery and fairer tax structure that will shrink budget shortfall. The Governor’s proposal […] Jody Harris Posted January 25, 2012 Tags Health Care, Medicare
Taxes and Budget Testimony at Hearing on LD 1680 and LD 1693: Circuit Breaker Property Tax Relief The Maine Residents Property Tax and Rent Refund (“Circuit Breaker”) Program provides targeted property tax relief to qualified homeowners and renters. In program year 2010, Maine Revenue […] MECEP Posted January 18, 2012 Tags Property Tax, Taxes
Health Care Words and Deeds: The Results Are In and the New Health Insurance Law Raises Rates for Seniors and Rural Mainers Last Legislative session, Governor LePage proposed sweeping changes to Maine’s health insurance rules. This was one of the most contentious issues of the legislative session and represented […] Garrett Martin Posted January 17, 2012 Tags Health Care, Insurance and Financial Services Committee
Jobs and Income, Taxes and Budget Jobs and Budget Cuts Top New England Service Providers’ Concerns A recent survey by the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston confirms that limited job opportunities and federal, state, and local budget cuts pose significant problems for low […] Garrett Martin Posted January 12, 2012 Tags Budget, Health Care, Incomes, Jobs, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Health Care Responsible Solutions Require an Honest Assessment of the Facts It’s about income. Maine Equal Justice Partners recently released a critical report that tells the true story about MaineCare’s Childless Adult Waiver Program. Media coverage was extensive, but failed to […] Garrett Martin Posted January 11, 2012 Tags Budget, Health Care
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