Education, Health Care, Jobs and Income

State Policies Are Failing Maine's Working Moms

In 2012, women headed one of every three low-income working families in Maine, according to a new report released today by the Working Poor Families Project. These […]

Jody Harris

Posted February 12, 2014

Tags Affordable Care Act, Children, Education, EITC, Employment, Health Care, Incomes, Jobs, Minimum Wage, Poverty, TANF

Health Care

Testimony at Hearing on LD 1578: An Act to Increase Health Security by Expanding Federally Funded Health Care for Maine People

Maine is on the cusp of an unprecedented economic opportunity. As many as 4,400 jobs and half a billion dollars in economic activity are at stake. That’s […]

MECEP

Posted January 15, 2014

Tags Federal, Health Care

Health Care

Expensive Medicaid Report Relies on Unrealistic Poverty Projection

The Alexander Group, a consulting firm that the LePage administration paid over $900K (using state and federal funds) to produce a report on the feasibility of expanding MaineCare/Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, claims that […]

Joel Johnson

Posted January 14, 2014

Tags Health Care, Medicaid, Poverty

Health Care

County-Level Impacts of Accepting Affordable Care Act Federal Funds are Significant

In 15 of Maine’s 16 counties, a major health care provider is one of the top two employers. In 10 counties, between 1 in 5 jobs and […]

Mark Sullivan

Posted January 14, 2014

Tags Affordable Care Act, Federal, Health Care

Health Care

Unprecedented Opportunity: Federal Health Care Funds Will Deliver 4,400 Jobs and $500,000,000 in Annual Economic Activity to Maine by 2016

If Maine lawmakers fail this legislative session to accept federal funds to provide health care to almost 70,000 Maine people, approximately half of whom are working, Maine […]

MECEP

Posted January 14, 2014

Tags Economy, Federal, Health Care, Jobs

Health Care

New Report Highlights How the Affordable Care Act Helps Close Affordability Gap

This week the Kaiser Family Foundation released “An Early Look at Premiums and Insurer Participation in Health Insurance Marketplaces, 2014.” The report provides a summary of health […]

Garrett Martin

Posted September 25, 2013

Tags Affordable Care Act, Health Care, Medicaid

Health Care

Fact Sheet: Federal Health Care Funds Will Boost Local Economies

MECEP estimates that turning down more than $1 billion in federal Affordable Care Act funds to cover the full cost of increasing health coverage to 69,500 Mainers will […]

MECEP

Posted September 18, 2013

Tags Affordable Care Act, Federal, Health Care

Health Care

An Open Letter to Governor LePage

Dear Governor LePage, You’ve got a jobs problem. Since you took office, Maine ranks 46th in job growth and 47th in state economic growth. We’re last in […]

Garrett Martin

Posted June 13, 2013

Tags Affordable Care Act, Budget, Health Care, Jobs, Medicaid

Health Care

Maine’s 2011 Health Insurance Law: Winners and Losers

MECEP illustrates the impact of Maine’s new health insurance law on rates for small businesses by region. The information is from Consumers for Affordable Health Care’s new […]

MECEP

Posted September 6, 2012

Tags Health Care

Health Care

Health Insurance is Good

As summarized in the New York Times last week, two recent studies show that Medicaid works. A study conducted in Oregon by researchers from MIT and Harvard […]

Joel Johnson

Posted July 31, 2012

Tags Health Care, Medicaid

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State Policies Are Failing Maine's Working Moms

Testimony at Hearing on LD 1578: An Act to Increase Health Security by Expanding Federally Funded Health Care for Maine People

Expensive Medicaid Report Relies on Unrealistic Poverty Projection

County-Level Impacts of Accepting Affordable Care Act Federal Funds are Significant

Unprecedented Opportunity: Federal Health Care Funds Will Deliver 4,400 Jobs and $500,000,000 in Annual Economic Activity to Maine by 2016

New Report Highlights How the Affordable Care Act Helps Close Affordability Gap

Fact Sheet: Federal Health Care Funds Will Boost Local Economies

An Open Letter to Governor LePage

Maine’s 2011 Health Insurance Law: Winners and Losers

Health Insurance is Good