Health Care, Jobs and Income Small Businesses and the Self-employed Will Lose if Maine Does Not Accept Federal Health Care Funds Maine has a higher-than-average number of small businesses and one in seven Mainers is self-employed. More than half of Mainers are self-employed as farmers, loggers, fishermen, and […] Christy Daggett Posted April 22, 2014 Tags Affordable Care Act, Economy, Education, Health Care, Jobs, Medicaid
Health Care, Jobs and Income The LePage Case against Medicaid Expansion: A House of Cards Built on Fallacies, Contradictions, and Ideology “We cannot go grab federal money without understanding just how much Maine taxpayers will wind up paying. Furthermore, it is incredibly irresponsible to put taxpayers on the […] Garrett Martin Posted April 18, 2014 Tags Affordable Care Act, Economy, Health Care, Medicaid
Maine’s Economy Fed Chairman Yellen: The Recovery Still Feels Like a Recession In case you needed more evidence that the labor market recovery in Maine and across the nation is still far from complete, Federal Reserve Board Chairman Janet […] Joel Johnson Posted April 1, 2014 Tags Economy, Federal
Maine’s Economy MECEP Matters (March 2014 edition) MECEP Matters March 2014 edition In this Issue: Campaign Continues to Accept Federal Funds for Health Coverage in Maine Social Media Also Helps Make the Case The […] Posted March 14, 2014 Tags Economy
Maine’s Economy 4.5 Years after the Recession, Low- and Middle-Income Families are Still Hurting (Retail Sales Edition) Just last week, Walmart made headlines with a weak forecast for profits and sales at US stores. Low- and middle-income families are the core of Walmart’s customer base, and […] Joel Johnson Posted February 28, 2014 Tags Economy
Maine’s Economy MECEP Matters (February 2014 edition) MECEP Matters February 2014 edition In this Issue: Accepting Federal Health Care Funds Will Boost Maine’s Economy Christy Daggett Joins Our Staff We’re Moving! MECEP Has a New […] Posted February 14, 2014 Tags Economy
Jobs and Income 41,600 Mainers are working part-time because of the bad economy 41,600 Maine people with jobs are part-time workers who want more work but can’t find it, according to data released today by the US Bureau of Labor […] Joel Johnson Posted January 31, 2014 Tags Economy, Employment, Jobs
Education Testimony at Hearing on L.D. 1431, An Act To Support School Nutrition and Expand the Local Foods Economy We all know that buying local is good. It keeps dollars in the local economy rather than having that money leave the state. In 2011, MECEP […] MECEP Posted January 21, 2014 Tags Economy, Education, Food Insecurity, Local
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
Maine’s Economy MECEP Matters (January 2014 edition) MECEP Matters January 2014 In this Issue: MECEP Report: As 2013 Ends Maine Workers “Remain in Crisis” Inequality for All Proves a Real Crowd Pleaser; More Screenings […] Posted January 10, 2014 Tags Economy