Health Care Wednesday Sit-Down: Future of ACA subsidies In this week’s Wednesday Sit-Down, Garrett Martin, CEO of the Maine Center of Economic Policy, sits down with CBS13 to discuss the future of ACA subsidies. Click […] WGME Posted December 10, 2025 Tags Affordable Care Act, Federal, Medicaid, Wednesday Sit Down
Maine’s Economy Wednesday Sit-Down: Impact of shopping local In this week’s Wednesday Sit-Down, Garrett Martin, CEO of the Maine Center of Economic Policy, sits down with CBS13 to discuss the impacts of shopping local. Click […] WGME Posted December 3, 2025 Tags Economy, Local, Wednesday Sit Down
Health Care Congress must deliver on Affordable Care Act subsidies The enhanced premium tax credits under the Affordable Care Act have made our coverage possible. But with Congress letting those subsidies expire, we — along with tens […] Portland Press Herald Posted November 28, 2025 Tags Affordable Care Act, Federal, Health Care, Medicare
Maine’s Economy It’s getting harder to live in rural Maine “The fact that the economy is kind of weaker there means there are fewer job opportunities for folks, and so they’re leaving to go elsewhere, whether that […] The Maine Monitor Posted November 28, 2025 Tags Economic Security, Economy
Maine’s Economy UMaine Bureau of Labor Education hosts ongoing Labor Spotlight Series, tariffs impact on workers explained MECEP policy analyst James Myall presented at a UMaine event to educate attendees about tariffs and the economy in lieu of President Donald Trump’s tariff platform. “[Punitive tariffs […] The Maine Campus Posted November 24, 2025 Tags Economic Security, Economy, Federal, Tariffs
Maine’s Economy Wednesday Sit-Down: Funding for homelessness In this week’s Wednesday Sit-Down, Garrett Martin, CEO of the Maine Center of Economic Policy, sits down with CBS13 to discuss the federal government slashing funding for […] Fox 23 Posted November 20, 2025 Tags Economic Security, Federal, Housing, Wednesday Sit Down
Maine’s Economy Maine restaurant owners blame staffing woes on housing shortage “Housing was one of the items where even if the average cost of living was being covered by wages, housing wasn’t,” said James Myall, an economic policy […] The Maine Monitor Posted November 16, 2025 Tags Housing, Inflation, Wages
Health Care Wednesday Sit-Down: The future of the ACA In this week’s Wednesday Sit-Down, Garrett Martin, CEO of the Maine Center of Economic Policy, sits down with CBS13 to discuss the future of the Affordable Care […] WGME Posted November 12, 2025 Tags Economic Security, Federal, Health Care, Medicaid, Wednesday Sit Down
Health Care Maine applies for federal rural health funding to partially offset billions in Medicaid cuts James Myall, a policy analyst with the Maine Center for Economic Policy, said the scale of the fund doesn’t come close to offsetting the cuts, and it […] Portland Press Herald Posted November 6, 2025 Tags Economic Security, Economy, Federal, Health Care, Medicaid
Jobs and Income, Maine’s Economy Portland residents vote to increase minimum wage to $19 an hour by 2028 A Maine Center for Economic Policy analysis said 15,000 Portland workers, many in marginalized groups, will benefit from the ordinance and could see an average increase to […] Maine Public Posted November 5, 2025 Tags Economy, Job Quality, Jobs, Minimum Wage, Wages
