Taxes and Budget Testimony at Hearing on LD 829 An Act to Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue to Invest in Transportation, and Other Tourism-related Infrastructure MECEP supports LD 829 which provides resources critical to job creation in the tourism sector and economic growth, especially in rural Maine. Final_Testimony_LD_829_-_Rural_Bonds_2-23-2012 Garrett Martin, […] MECEP Posted February 23, 2012 Tags Budget
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
Jobs and Income Jobs in Focus MECEP recently published a jobs report that raises questions about Maine’s economic performance since January 2011 and suggests that the LePage Administration could do more to address […] Garrett Martin Posted February 22, 2012 Tags Jobs
Health Care LePage Administration Proposal Puts Political Appointee Perks Ahead of Health Care for Maine’s Most Vulnerable For the last several months, public attention has focused on the LePage Administration’s proposal to eliminate health care benefits for 65,000 Maine children, seniors and disabled individuals. […] Mark Sullivan Posted February 21, 2012 Tags Health Care
Health Care Testimony at Hearing on LD 1670, An Act To Extend the Scope of the Maine Guaranteed Access Reinsurance Association MECEP has been consistent in highlighting that PL 90’s reinsurance program effectively subsidizes the individual insurance market and helps drive down the average cost and premiums within […] MECEP Posted February 15, 2012 Tags Health Care
Jobs and Income Testimony at Hearing on LD 1786, An Act to Repeal the Requirement That the Department of Labor Calculate the Livable Wage MECEP opposes LD 1786. The livable wage is a useful tool for benchmarking Maine’s wages. It provides job seekers, employers, and policymakers useful information to assess the […] MECEP Posted February 15, 2012 Tags Incomes, Jobs