Health Care MECEP Op-Ed in KJ: On Nov. 7, vote for jobs, health care, hospitals Tens of thousands of Mainers have come together to ask Maine voters to approve an expansion of Maine’s Medicaid program (known as MaineCare) to more than 70,000 of their neighbors living in, or near, poverty. Central Maine Newspapers Posted September 20, 2017 Tags Health Care, Medicaid
Health Care MECEP Op-Ed in the BDN: The Republican assault on the Affordable Care Act is not over Health care accounts for one-sixth of our country’s economy. But more than that, it is desperately important to the mother with a sick child, an adult caring for […] Posted September 12, 2017 Tags Affordable Care Act, Health Care
Health Care MECEP Op-Ed in the Press Herald: Expanding Medicaid will help Maine hospitals, health centers and the economy Opponents of Medicaid expansion have no new arguments to offer, so they are resorting to fighting over the past. The evidence is overwhelmingly in favor of Medicaid […] Portland Press Herald Posted September 12, 2017 Tags Health Care, Medicaid
Education MECEP Op-Ed: in the BDN: Without a fair funding source, many Maine kids won’t get a quality education When contrasted with the tax breaks the top 2 percent of Mainers will enjoy over the next two years, the increased school funding looks like less of […] Bangor Daily News Posted September 5, 2017 Tags Children, Education, Revenue, Tax Breaks, Taxes