State of Working Maine 2023: Boosting Maine's Workforce

Download the PDF: Full Report Summary Stories The major challenge facing Maine’s economy is the state’s plateauing workforce. In 2003, approximately 3 percent of jobs in Maine […]

James Myall

Posted November 20, 2023

Tags Affordable Care Act, Budget, Caregiving, Child Care, Children, Economic Security, Economy, Education, Housing, Immigration, Incomes, Inequality, Job Quality, Jobs, Paid Family and Medical Leave, Wages

Maine’s Economy

New Census Bureau data shows mixed progress on income, poverty, and health

The latest round of the American Community Survey (ACS) released by the US Census Bureau in September offers a snapshot of economic and social conditions in Maine […]

James Myall

Posted November 1, 2023

Tags Affordable Care Act, Economic Security, Health Care, Incomes, Inflation, Minimum Wage, Poverty, SNAP, Wages

Health Care

LePage wrongly blames Medicaid expansion for Maine’s worker shortage

After Medicaid expansion won at the ballot box in 2017, LePage still refused to file for expansion with the federal government, prompting a lawsuit led by the […]

Beacon

Posted June 16, 2022

Tags Affordable Care Act, Health Care, Medicaid

Health Care

130th Legislature makes health care more affordable for Mainers

The 130th Maine legislature made real progress on health care affordability for Mainers. Maine Center for Economic Policy supported several bills which increased eligibility for children and […]

James Myall

Posted May 25, 2022

Tags Affordable Care Act, Economic Security, Family and Medical Leave, Federal, Health Care, Paid Sick Days, Prescription Drugs

Health Care

Maine lawmakers must fix the ACA for 34,000 Mainers in the family glitch

All Mainers deserve access to affordable health care. The Affordable Care Act was intended to make this a reality, but tens of thousands of Mainers are excluded […]

MECEP

Posted May 26, 2021

Tags Affordable Care Act, Health Care

Health Care

After two years, Medicaid expansion delivers health care to 70,700 Mainers

Two years after Gov. Janet Mills issued Executive Order 1, implementing the voter-approved expansion of health care through Medicaid, the program is proving invaluable as Mainers continue to experience the public […]

James Myall

Posted January 13, 2021

Tags Affordable Care Act, Coronavirus, Medicaid

Health Care

What will happen if the Supreme Court strikes down the Affordable Care Act?

Last week, the Supreme Court of the United States heard oral arguments in California v Texas, a lawsuit backed by 18 state attorneys general and the Trump administration, which asks […]

James Myall

Posted November 18, 2020

Tags Affordable Care Act, Federal, Health Care, Medicaid, Prescription Drugs

Health Care

Report: 105,000 Mainers could lose health coverage if ACA is struck down

The nation’s highest court will have a 6-3 conservative majority if President Donald Trump’s nominee, 7th U.S. Circuit Court Judge Amy Coney Barrett, is confirmed. Her pending […]

Beacon

Posted October 20, 2020

Tags Affordable Care Act, Federal, Health Care

Health Care

Five numbers to understand Obamacare's impact in Maine

As of November 1, Mainers can shop for health care plans through the federal insurance marketplace at healthcare.gov. Consumers have until December 15 to buy a marketplace […]

James Myall

Posted November 12, 2019

Tags Affordable Care Act, Federal, Health Care, Medicaid

Health Care

New Census data: Maine’s uninsured rate remained steady in 2018

The share of Mainers who lack health insurance remained steady from 2017 to 1018, according to preliminary data released today by the U.S. Census Bureau. More than […]

James Myall

Posted September 10, 2019

Tags Affordable Care Act, Federal, Health Care, Medicaid

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State of Working Maine 2023: Boosting Maine's Workforce

New Census Bureau data shows mixed progress on income, poverty, and health

LePage wrongly blames Medicaid expansion for Maine’s worker shortage

130th Legislature makes health care more affordable for Mainers

Maine lawmakers must fix the ACA for 34,000 Mainers in the family glitch

After two years, Medicaid expansion delivers health care to 70,700 Mainers

What will happen if the Supreme Court strikes down the Affordable Care Act?

Report: 105,000 Mainers could lose health coverage if ACA is struck down

Five numbers to understand Obamacare's impact in Maine

New Census data: Maine’s uninsured rate remained steady in 2018