Taxes and Budget

Missed opportunities to advance tax fairness and create a better state

The State doesn’t have adequate funding for health care, housing, and many other pressing needs. The fairest way to fix this is by asking the wealthiest people […]

Maura Pillsbury

Posted October 16, 2025

Tags Budget, Child Care, Economic Security, Economy, Food Insecurity, Housing, Medicaid, SNAP, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Health Care

Work requirements would strip MaineCare from thousands. Who are they?

“The work requirements make it harder for people to stay engaged in the workforce,” said James Myall, an economic policy analyst for the Maine Center for Economic […]

Portland Press Herald

Posted August 13, 2025

Tags Budget, Federal, Health Care, Medicaid

Health Care, Taxes and Budget

Maine group warns against Pres. Trump's cuts to Medicaid

Nearly 400,000 Mainers are enrolled in MaineCare, the state’s version of Medicaid, according to the Maine Center for Economic Policy. Click here to read the full story, […]

Fox 23

Posted July 31, 2025

Tags Budget, Federal, Health Care, Medicaid, Medicare

Health Care, Taxes and Budget

Medicaid cuts could cost Maine hospitals $66 million a year, report finds

Families USA also identified Cary Medical Center in Caribou and Calais Community Hospital as at risk because the cuts to Medicaid are expected to lower their operating […]

Maine Morning Star

Posted July 18, 2025

Tags Budget, Federal, Health Care, Medicaid

Taxes and Budget

Podcast: The real cost of Trump’s federal budget bill

This week on the podcast, Cate chats with Garrett Martin of the Maine Center for Economic Policy. They do some unpacking on what the new federal tax […]

Beacon

Posted July 11, 2025

Tags Budget, Federal, Medicaid, Revenue, SNAP, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Health Care, Jobs and Income, Maine’s Economy, Taxes and Budget

How Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” further enriches the rich and immiserates the poor

On July 4, President Trump signed into law the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (OBBBA) after passage in the Senate and the US House of Representatives. It […]

James Myall

Posted July 8, 2025

Tags Budget, Child Tax Credit, Economic Security, Economy, Federal, Health Care, Immigration, Inequality, Jobs, Medicaid, Racial Equity, SNAP, Tax Fairness, Taxes, Trump Tax Cuts

Health Care, Jobs and Income, Maine’s Economy, Taxes and Budget

Statement on final passage of federal budget reconciliation bill

July 3, 2025 Congressional Republicans just turned a shell game into federal law — and working-class Americans are the marks. No one should be fooled by what […]

Posted July 3, 2025

Tags Affordable Care Act, Budget, Debt Ceiling, Economy, Federal, Medicaid, SNAP, Trump Tax Cuts

Health Care, Maine’s Economy, Taxes and Budget

MECEP statement on passage of senate budget reconciliation bill

July 1, 2025 Make no mistake: the reconciliation bill that squeaked through the Senate today is a five-alarm fire for Maine’s working families. We’re staring at the […]

Posted July 1, 2025

Tags Affordable Care Act, Angus King, Budget, Debt Ceiling, Federal, Health Care, Medicaid, SNAP, Susan Collins, Tax Breaks, Taxes, TCJA, Trump Tax Cuts

Taxes and Budget

Federal Budget Recap: House trades food security and health care for billionaire tax cuts in one big, ugly bill

By Megan Michaud and James Myall Updated June 25, 2025 In May, House Republicans passed legislation pairing spending cuts on food security, health, and other important programs […]

James Myall

Posted June 25, 2025

Tags Budget, Child Tax Credit, Economic Security, Economy, Federal, Medicaid, SNAP, Tax Fairness, Taxes, Trump Tax Cuts

Health Care

Sen. Susan Collins highlights struggles of rural healthcare providers in amendment to spending package

The Maine Center for Economic Policy has said 4 Maine hospitals are likely to close if the legislation is passed with its proposed cuts to Medicaid. Click here to […]

WABI

Posted June 24, 2025

Tags Economic Security, Federal, Medicaid, Trump Tax Cuts

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Missed opportunities to advance tax fairness and create a better state

Work requirements would strip MaineCare from thousands. Who are they?

Maine group warns against Pres. Trump's cuts to Medicaid

Medicaid cuts could cost Maine hospitals $66 million a year, report finds

Podcast: The real cost of Trump’s federal budget bill

How Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” further enriches the rich and immiserates the poor

Statement on final passage of federal budget reconciliation bill

MECEP statement on passage of senate budget reconciliation bill

Federal Budget Recap: House trades food security and health care for billionaire tax cuts in one big, ugly bill

Sen. Susan Collins highlights struggles of rural healthcare providers in amendment to spending package