Health Care, Taxes and Budget Free Press Online: Congress to Vote on Massive Tax Cut for the Wealthy, Repeal of ACA Provision Recent college graduate Jonathan Brown, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree and analyst Sarah Austin of the Maine Center for Economic Policy (Click on dots below for more photos) […] The Free Press Posted November 17, 2017 Tags Affordable Care Act, Federal, Health Care, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes, Trump Tax Cuts
Health Care, Taxes and Budget Maine Public: Repealing Individual Mandate Would Leave 50,000 More Mainers Uninsured Both the Maine Center for Economic Policy and the Washington, D.C.-based Center for American Progress crunched the numbers from a Congressional Budget Office analysis to get state-specific […] Maine Public Posted November 17, 2017 Tags Affordable Care Act, Federal, Health Care
Health Care PRESS RELEASE: MECEP Analysis: Senate plan to repeal ACA individual mandate a huge step back FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 15, 2017 CONTACT James Myall jmyall@mecep.org (207) 798-2617 MECEP Analysis: Senate plan to repeal ACA individual mandate a huge step back New Senate […] Posted November 15, 2017 Tags Affordable Care Act, Federal, Health Care
Health Care Free Press Op-Ed: Maine People Should Vote Yes on 2 According to the Maine Center for Economic Policy 19 percent of the people who would receive health care from Medicaid expansion are disabled, but their disability isn’t severe enough to qualify them for Medicaid in the disabled category The Free Press Posted November 2, 2017 Tags Affordable Care Act, Health Care, Medicaid
Health Care PPH Op-Ed: Hospital leaders: Vote ‘yes’ on statewide Question 2, Medicaid expansion According to statistics from the Maine Center for Economic Policy, the four least-populous counties in Maine – Franklin, Lincoln, Piscataquis and Washington – would see an average […] Bangor Daily News Posted November 2, 2017 Tags Affordable Care Act, Health Care, Medicaid
Health Care Collins ‘no’ to Graham-Cassidy highlights dangers of rushed, harmful repeal bill As the Maine Center for Economic Policy notes, in most Maine counties, hospitals are the biggest employers. Half of Maine’s hospitals operate in deficit, and only one-third have […] Bangor Daily News Posted September 27, 2017 Tags Affordable Care Act, Federal, Health Care
Health Care Groups Challenge LePage’s Claim That Maine Will Get More Money Under GOP Health Bill The Maine Center for Economic Policy issued a statement Friday saying it estimates Maine would lose $1 billion under the proposal, and that more than 160,000 Mainers stand to lose health coverage. Maine Public Posted September 23, 2017 Tags Affordable Care Act, Federal, Health Care
Health Care Statement: LePage claim that Graham-Cassidy bill would mean more federal funding for Maine is misleading FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 22, 2017 CONTACT: Marpheen Chann mchann@mecep.org (207)620-1128 LePage claim that Graham-Cassidy bill would mean more federal funding for Maine is misleading AUGUSTA, MAINE (September […] Posted September 22, 2017 Tags Affordable Care Act, Federal, Health Care
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 BREAKING: New Effort to Repeal ACA, Same Results; Millions Would Lose Health Care Coverage FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 24, 2017 CONTACT: Ann Woloson (207) 458-0416 awoloson@mejp.org James Myall (207) 620-1103 jmyall@mecep.org New Effort to Repeal ACA, Same Results; Millions […] Posted August 24, 2017 Tags Affordable Care Act, Federal, Health Care