Taxes and Budget Yes, a budget can change lives Upcoming budget process gives legislators a choice to make our communities more resilient As Mainers have seen, when legislators resist a scarcity mindset and choose to fund […] Josie Phillips Posted January 9, 2023 Tags Budget, Child Tax Credit, Children, Health Care
Health Care MaineCare Expansion at 4: Greater Care, Healthier Hospitals, Stronger Economy On January 3, 2019, Governor Janet Mills signed her first executive order, implementing the expansion of MaineCare, Maine’s Medicaid program, which had been approved by voters in […] James Myall Posted January 3, 2023 Tags Health Care, Immigration, Medicaid
Health Care Medicaid expansion, COVID relief helped Maine reach record levels of health coverage in 2021 Census data released last week shows that just under 78,000 Mainers (about 5.7%) lacked health insurance in 2021. That’s the lowest share of uninsured people dating back to 1988, […] Beacon Posted September 20, 2022 Tags Coronavirus, Health Care, Medicaid
Health Care Census data: Health insurance coverage in Maine at record levels This week, the U.S. Census Bureau released 2021 poverty, income, and health data from its Current Population and American Community Surveys (CPS and ACS). Overall, the new national and state […] Posted September 15, 2022 Tags Child Tax Credit, Economic Security, EITC, Health Care, Medicaid
Taxes and Budget Families, advocates demand accountability after string of deaths in Maine prisons and jails Advocates at the rally argued that the rise in prison and jail deaths is related to decades of policy decisions in Maine that have resulted in a […] Beacon Posted September 12, 2022 Tags Budget, Health Care, Inequality
Health Care, Jobs and Income, Taxes and Budget The Inflation Reduction Act makes our tax code fairer, tackles the climate crisis, and makes health care more affordable for Mainers On Sunday, the US Senate passed the Inflation Reduction Act, a bill which promises to make historic investments in clean energy, long-awaited fixes to our upside-down tax […] James Myall Posted August 11, 2022 Tags Federal, Health Care, Inflation, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Taxes and Budget What the Inflation Reduction Act means for Maine Stateside advocates like King, the liberal Maine Center for Economic Policy and Maine Senate President Troy Jackson, D-Allagash, say the bill will reduce costs for Mainers on utilities and health care, […] Bangor Daily News Posted August 8, 2022 Tags ARPA, Federal, Health Care, Inflation, Taxes
Taxes and Budget MECEP statement on federal “Inflation Reduction Act” Maine Center for Economic Policy (MECEP) applauds the proposed “Inflation Reduction Act” recently announced by US Senators Chuck Schumer and Joe Manchin and urges Maine’s Congressional delegation […] Posted August 1, 2022 Tags Corporate Power, Economic Security, Economy, Federal, Health Care, Income Tax, Inflation, Medicare, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Overturning Roe undermines Americans’ economic security The US Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v Wade strikes a calamitous blow against decades of legal precedent, dangerously impacting health, privacy, and self-determination for millions of […] Posted June 24, 2022 Tags Economic Security, Health Care, Inequality, Racial Equity
Health Care Before his death at a local jail, Billy Tucker had big dreams In March, the Maine Center for Economic Policy and the American Civil Liberties Union of Maine published a report that made the case for decriminalizing the use and […] Portland Press Herald Posted June 19, 2022 Tags Health Care, Inequality
