Health Care

Happy birthday to Medicaid and to the thousands of children whose lives it has saved

I will never forget one day when was in my late 20s, expecting my first baby. I happened to be alone with my grandmother in her tiny, […]

Christy Daggett

Posted August 3, 2015

Tags Children, Health Care, Medicaid

Health Care

Medicare at 50

Harry Truman was president when I was born. I was 13 years old on July 30, 1965, when President Lyndon Johnson traveled to Independence, Missouri to sign […]

Mark Sullivan

Posted July 30, 2015

Tags Affordable Care Act, Federal, Health Care, Medicare

Health Care

The day health care in America changed forever

Tomorrow, July 30, is a date of historic firsts. In 1619, the House of Burgesses, America’s first elected governing assembly met for the first time in Virginia, […]

Mark Sullivan

Posted July 29, 2015

Tags Affordable Care Act, Federal, Health Care, Medicaid, Medicare

Jobs and Income

Department of Defense moves to protect service members and their families from abusive creditors

A soldier returns from a tour of duty in Afghanistan to find his car repossessed in his absence. A sailor on patrol in the Persian Gulf receives […]

Marpheen Chann-Berry

Posted July 23, 2015

Tags Consumer Protection, Federal

Maine’s Economy, Taxes and Budget

Bonds: Building blocks for a stronger Maine economy

“Maine has a lot of work to do in order to keep up with our rapidly changing world and to compete successfully in the global marketplace. Implementing […]

Marpheen Chann-Berry

Posted July 13, 2015

Tags Bonds, Infrastructure

Jobs and Income

New overtime regulation changes are welcome

“Two days ago, President Obama announced that he’s taking the easiest route to fixing this loophole. He is updating the standards so that employers cannot deny overtime […]

Marpheen Chann-Berry

Posted July 2, 2015

Tags Federal, Job Quality, Overtime

Maine’s Economy

Legislators can help working families by overriding bonds release bill veto

“Governor LePage has it all wrong when he says LMF is only for the rich. LMF very specifically helps working families. In particular, it keeps farm lands in […]

Jody Harris

Posted June 30, 2015

Tags Bonds, Revenue

Maine’s Economy, Taxes and Budget

Budget deal includes refundable tax credits for low- and moderate-income Mainers

“Combined with Maine’s circuit breaker property tax relief program, which was renamed and converted to a refundable income tax credit two years ago, there will now be […]

Marpheen Chann-Berry

Posted June 30, 2015

Tags Budget, EITC, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Jobs and Income

Protecting Mainers from unscrupulous debt collectors

“There has been an explosion of debt collection companies known as debt buyers in recent years. Debt-buyers buy old debt that creditors have written off as uncollectable. […]

Jody Harris

Posted June 29, 2015

Tags Consumer Protection

Health Care

Mainers win in King v. Burwell

The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in King v. Burwell ensures that over 60,000 Mainers, will continue to be able to afford health insurance under the Affordable Care […]

Marpheen Chann-Berry

Posted June 26, 2015

Tags Affordable Care Act, Health Care

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Happy birthday to Medicaid and to the thousands of children whose lives it has saved

Medicare at 50

The day health care in America changed forever

Department of Defense moves to protect service members and their families from abusive creditors

Bonds: Building blocks for a stronger Maine economy

New overtime regulation changes are welcome

Legislators can help working families by overriding bonds release bill veto

Budget deal includes refundable tax credits for low- and moderate-income Mainers

Protecting Mainers from unscrupulous debt collectors

Mainers win in King v. Burwell