Even if you’re not on it, Medicaid matters to you

Medicaid is a financial backbone for many hospitals, especially in rural areas. Medicaid covers one in five hospital discharges and nearly half of all births in rural hospitals nationally. In Maine, Medicaid paid for 48% of rural births and 39% of all births in 2023. For Maine’s Northern Light hospital system, MaineCare revenue ranges between 12% and 64%.

Click here to read the full op-ed, first published May 14, 2025 in Portland Press Herald.