Health Care

Health coverage for thousands of working Mainers at risk in Supreme Court case

The Supreme Court heard oral arguments recently in the King v. Burwell case, and a lot is riding on the outcome, especially for Maine. The court will […]

Christy Daggett

Posted March 16, 2015

Tags Affordable Care Act, Federal, Health Care

Health Care

ACA cost saving measures help turn McAllen, Texas from national basket case to bellwether in five years

Health reform hasn’t only reduced the rate of uninsured to levels not seen since the 1990s; it also is reducing healthcare costs, which ultimately will make healthcare […]

Christy Daggett

Posted September 25, 2014

Tags Affordable Care Act, Federal, Health Care, Medicare

Health Care

Health Reform is Making History – But Maine is Slipping Behind

History is happening: the percent of Americans without health coverage is the lowest it’s been since the 1990s. Medicare costs are declining – not just slowing – […]

Christy Daggett

Posted September 22, 2014

Tags Affordable Care Act, Federal, Health Care, Medicare

Health Care

Attention: Important Census Data Ahead

Next week the U.S. Census Bureau will have two major releases that will provide researchers, policymakers, the media, and the public with critically important data on poverty, […]

Mark Sullivan

Posted September 12, 2014

Tags Affordable Care Act, Health Care, Medicaid, Poverty

Health Care

A Divide and Conquer Strategy that Risks the Health of Maine’s Seniors and Working Poor

The classic “divide and conquer” strategy, often attributed to cunning Julius Caesar, operates on the premise that pitting your adversaries against each other before you strike is […]

Christy Daggett

Posted August 5, 2014

Tags Affordable Care Act, Health Care, Seniors

Health Care

Maine’s bankrupt health policy

This year, 1,300 Mainers will be saddled with catastrophic health costs. Here’s how it could have been avoided – while creating thousands of jobs and boosting state […]

Christy Daggett

Posted July 3, 2014

Tags Affordable Care Act, Health Care, Jobs, Medicaid

Health Care, Jobs and Income

Percy Spencer’s Candy Bar: Health Care Reform and the Innovation Economy

Yesterday, my scientist brother promised my eight-year-old son a new Hot Wheels car if he could research and explain how the microwave cooked his lunch. My son […]

Christy Daggett

Posted June 24, 2014

Tags Affordable Care Act, Health Care, Jobs, Medicaid

Health Care, Taxes and Budget

Everything comes with a cost: the perilous (and unnecessary) fate of the Portland Free Clinic

Despite the historic opportunity offered by the federal funds available to expand Medicaid to cover Maine’s uninsured, millions of dollars earmarked for our state have been lost […]

Christy Daggett

Posted June 4, 2014

Tags Affordable Care Act, Health Care, Medicaid

Health Care

Between the lines of stockholder calls, refusing Medicaid expansion bad for hospitals’ balance sheets

First-quarter financial results are in, and the CEOs of some of America’s publicly-traded hospitals systems are finding Medicaid expansion is good for business. And they are reporting […]

Christy Daggett

Posted May 14, 2014

Tags Affordable Care Act, Health Care, Jobs, Medicaid

Health Care, Jobs and Income

Employer Mandate: Theory, practice and those pesky federal deficits . . .

The Urban Institute (UI) recently released a new analysis of the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) employer mandate (Why Not Just Eliminate the Employer Mandate?) and what the […]

Guest Blogger

Posted May 13, 2014

Tags Affordable Care Act, Health Care, Jobs, Medicaid

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Health coverage for thousands of working Mainers at risk in Supreme Court case

ACA cost saving measures help turn McAllen, Texas from national basket case to bellwether in five years

Health Reform is Making History – But Maine is Slipping Behind

Attention: Important Census Data Ahead

A Divide and Conquer Strategy that Risks the Health of Maine’s Seniors and Working Poor

Maine’s bankrupt health policy

Percy Spencer’s Candy Bar: Health Care Reform and the Innovation Economy

Everything comes with a cost: the perilous (and unnecessary) fate of the Portland Free Clinic

Between the lines of stockholder calls, refusing Medicaid expansion bad for hospitals’ balance sheets

Employer Mandate: Theory, practice and those pesky federal deficits . . .