Health Care

Maine Voices: Legislators must take action to keep prescription drug prices in line

Countless Mainers suffer this economic burden stoically, but others are speaking out. At a recent hearing, some told heart-wrenching stories of struggling to pay for the basic […]

Portland Press Herald

Posted June 10, 2021

Tags Economic Security, Health Care

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

Jobs and Income

Lawmakers must reject plan to give corporations free pass to put workers and customer at risk

The Legislature today is considering a bill — LD 1403, “An Act to Protect Maine Businesses, Nonprofits, Educational Institutions and Municipalities during the COVID-19 Pandemic” — that […]

James Myall

Posted May 13, 2021

Tags Coronavirus, Health Care, Jobs

Health Care

Dr. Evans introduces legislation to improve health coverage enrollment process

According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, in 2019, 8.1 percent of Maine people, or more than 100,000 residents, were uninsured, a number that has almost certainly gone up […]

The Piscataquis Observer

Posted May 13, 2021

Tags Health Care, Immigration, Inequality

Health Care

Dental care is health care. MaineCare should cover it.

Our mouths are part of our bodies, so dental care is heath care. But a limited view of what counts as health care is leaving Mainers with […]

James Myall

Posted April 26, 2021

Tags Economic Security, Health Care, Inequality, Medicaid, Medicare, Poverty

Health Care

Maine has a chance to correct injustice by expanding health care to New Mainers with low incomes

All Mainers — no matter where they come from or what they look like — deserve access to affordable health care. MaineCare offers affordable health care coverage […]

James Myall

Posted April 16, 2021

Tags Coronavirus, Health Care, Inequality, Racial Equity

Health Care

Maine lawmakers consider several bills to tackle rising health care costs

Health care is a human right. But soaring health care costs prevent many Mainers from getting the care they need, and the problem is getting worse; The […]

James Myall

Posted March 18, 2021

Tags Health Care, Prescription Drugs

Health Care

Postpartum coverage bill would extend critical health care for new moms in Maine

New mothers have unique health care needs that must be met in order for new families to get the best start together. But for many new moms with low incomes, […]

James Myall

Posted February 26, 2021

Tags Children, Health Care, Medicaid

Health Care

Expanding health care for children will put Maine kids on upward trajectory for life

Access to affordable health care makes a huge difference to a child’s future. Investing in children’s health care will help ensure we have a healthy population and […]

James Myall

Posted February 24, 2021

Tags Children, Health Care

Health Care

Health data bill would fill in the holes in Maine’s understanding of racial health disparities

All Maine families — Black, brown, and white alike — should be able to live healthy lives and have access to the health care they need, when […]

James Myall

Posted February 16, 2021

Tags Health Care, Racial Equity

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Maine Voices: Legislators must take action to keep prescription drug prices in line

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

Lawmakers must reject plan to give corporations free pass to put workers and customer at risk

Dr. Evans introduces legislation to improve health coverage enrollment process

Dental care is health care. MaineCare should cover it.

Maine has a chance to correct injustice by expanding health care to New Mainers with low incomes

Maine lawmakers consider several bills to tackle rising health care costs

Postpartum coverage bill would extend critical health care for new moms in Maine

Expanding health care for children will put Maine kids on upward trajectory for life

Health data bill would fill in the holes in Maine’s understanding of racial health disparities