All posts tagged "health care"
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Amid rising healthcare costs, states must continue to enact direct primary care
Whether you think Obamacare was the worst health care policy of the decade...
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New law sets stage for future government takeover of health care in Maine
LD 1045 sets the stage for a disastrous and expensive government takeover of...
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Department of Labor announces updates to its Back-to-Work grant program
If all 300 workers received the $1,500 benefit, the grant program has already...
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Mills bucks her party on environment, drug pricing in newest vetoes
The vetoes, among some of her other recent ones, are a welcome check...
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Governor Mills signs bills on energy, telemedicine and remote meetings into law
Bills passed by the Maine Legislature during its recently convened special session have...
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Healthcare group asks Gov. Mills to veto prescription drug price control bill
The Maine Legislature recently passed LD 1117, a bill that would prohibit excessive...
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It’s time to scrap certificate of need in Maine
Members of Maine’s Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services Committee will hold public...
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Certificate of Need hurts health outcomes in rural Maine
In Maine, medical providers like hospitals, out-patient facilities and nursing homes must obtain...
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Evidence continues to mount against the efficacy of CON laws
Certificate of Need (CON) laws are state regulatory procedures that require health care...
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A public option is not the silver bullet for lower costs, greater access
Political campaigns are in full swing and, once again, the debate on health...
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Maine needs to address its medication management crisis
Rural states, including Maine, are facing an impending health care crisis: we are...
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Maine businesses and government need to coordinate to prepare for future of COVID-19
As of July 1, Maine has entered its third stage of the COVID-19...
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Improving mental health care in Maine could save taxpayer dollars
Within the state of Maine, an ongoing mental health crisis persists even in...
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Maine’s certificate of need law could hinder the state’s COVID-19 response efforts
As policymakers and public health officials at the local, state and federal levels...
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Maine Legislature to adjourn Tuesday due to coronavirus
The Maine Legislature will prematurely adjourn Tuesday in response to the coronavirus, Maine’s...
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Congress should seek a real solution to surprise medical billing
Like many average Americans, health care and its costs are a significant issue....
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The individual mandate is unconstitutional. What’s next?
On December 18, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit...
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Plan for universal health care in Maine calls for massive tax increases
The 129th Maine Legislature’s Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services Committee met Monday...
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As 2020 approaches, threat of Health Insurance Tax looms
With the fourth quarter underway, small-business owners in Maine and across the country...
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Childless, able-bodied adults are driving cost and enrollment under Medicaid expansion
Governor Mills’ first move in office was to sign an executive order expanding...
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What does a state-based health insurance exchange mean for Maine?
Last week, Governor Janet Mills announced that Maine will pursue a state-based health...
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Common sense home healthcare reform provides relief for vulnerable Maine families
Governor Janet Mills on Friday, June 28 signed into law LD 84, a...
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Single-payer health care: rationed services, worse outcomes and exorbitant tax increases for all Mainers
For years in the Maine Legislature lawmakers have grappled with countless ideas to...
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Governor Mills’ budget sets up Maine for fiscal ruin
The Maine Heritage Policy Center (MHPC) on Monday released a new analysis of...
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Maine taxpayers cannot afford the costs of universal health care
Among the many harebrained schemes that will be considered in the Maine Legislature...
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Medicaid expansion must be funded responsibly
When I took office, MaineCare was running biennial budget deficits of more than...
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Could Maine’s PL 90 become the blueprint for new federal health care reform?
A federal judge’s ruling that the entire Affordable Care Act (ACA) — Medicaid...
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Power under the guise of doing good
“Next to enjoying ourselves, the next greatest pleasure consists in preventing others from...
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Maine will be restarting our program to lower your health insurance costs
My administration passed a bill to lower health care costs in 2011, but...
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Medicaid expansion activists will hurt people who need help just to prove a point
Medicaid-expansion advocates plan to bring busloads of able-bodied adults to DHHS offices on July...
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You must act now to save the American health care system
If we are going to save the American healthcare system, we need your...
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Making promises is easy if you don’t live in the real world
It’s easy for politicians in Washington, D.C. to make promises to the people,...
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Expanding Medicaid means more taxes for working Mainers
Health care is perhaps the most complex and contentious issue being debated throughout...
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Mainers earn the ‘Right to Shop’ for medical services
Due to the hard work and dedication of a number of conservative leaders...
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Direct primary care takes shape in Maine
Maine is one step closer to a manageable, cost-effective health care system that...
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Critique of Maine’s Health Reform Law Misses the Mark
As Maine’s successful reforms to its health insurance market in 2011 continue to...
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$10 Billion Veterans Choice Program is Failing Our Veterans
Although it doesn’t happen often, last week, National Public Radio and I were...
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Federal Circuit Court Rules Against Obama Administration
Obamacare suffered another major defeat last week when the federal circuit court ruled...
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Two Years After the VA Scandal: Where Are We Now?
In April of 2014, reports and rumors of the mistreatment of veterans through...
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MHPC Reveals Most Expensive Hospitals in Maine
Today in Augusta, the Maine Heritage Policy Center (MHPC) unveiled the latest research...
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Mainers Are One Step Closer to Affordable Health Care
Today, the state Senate voted on a party-line vote of 20-15 to pass...
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Both Sides Like This Solution to High Health Care Costs
It is quite rare that ideas are proposed that transcend partisanship. Even rarer...
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Medicaid Expansion Bill Before HHS Committee Today
Following the scheduled public hearings and work sessions today, the Health and Human...
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14 Solutions to Our Broken Health Care System
As I travel through our Second Congressional District, some of the most frequent...
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This Version of Expanded Medicaid is Not Better
If you didn’t know better, you would think that certain legislators in Augusta...
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Republicans Vote for Bill to Encourage Consumer Savings in Healthcare Marketplace
Augusta – Yesterday, Republicans on the Legislature’s Insurance and Financial Services Committee endorsed...
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How Creativity Saves Money in Health Care
There has been a lot of talk lately about the cost of health...
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At What Point Can We Admit Obamacare Has Failed?
It’s been almost six years since President Barack Obama signed the Affordable Care Act...
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LD 1305: The Bill You Don’t Realize How Much You Want to Pass
Have you heard of the latest health-care cost reduction proposal before our state...
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Marvin: A Common-Sense Health Care Solution
This article was first published April 17, 2015 at mainepolicy.org. In nearly every business...
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New Study: Obamacare Fails to Meet Expectations
According to a new study put out by the Mercatus Center, the Affordable...
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Poliquin: Veterans Deserve the Health Care They Were Promised
Last year, we discovered that veterans in Phoenix, Arizona, had waited for more...
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Court Ruling: Mainers Can’t Buy Drugs from Foreign Pharmacies
On Monday, U.S. District Court Judge Nancy Torrensen ruled that federal law prohibits...
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Problems Continue to Plague Obamacare
On Friday, the Obama Administration admitted that approximately 800,000 Healthcare.gov customers have received...
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Maine Takes Sides in Obamacare Supreme Court Case
Maine seems to have taken a side in the U.S. Supreme Court case...
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Poliquin Explains Controversial Obamacare Vote
Representative Poliquin, whose vote this week against repealing Obamacare provoked backlash among grassroots...
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Lessons for Maine in Vermont’s Failure
The argument against expanding government run health care in America just got a...
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Maine Paid Jonathan Gruber for Obamacare Advice
MIT Professor Jonathan Gruber, the architect of President Obama’s Affordable Care Act (ACA),...
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MaineCare Expansion – Ideological Blind Faith
There are plenty of differences between the Maine gubernatorial candidates this election. Whether...
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3,289 Mainers lose health insurance plans due to Obamacare
More than 3,000 Mainers are set to lose their current health insurance plans...
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Data flaws jeopardize ObamaCare coverage for millions
Inconsistencies in application data submitted to online health care insurance exchanges may jeopardize...
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Ciampi: A vote for Medicaid expansion is a vote against your neighborhood doctor
By Michael Ciampi, M.D. — As the Maine Legislature and the public debate Medicaid...
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For parents of disabled children, MaineCare waitlists are a nightmarish prospect
When doctors discovered that Jeff and Kirsten Martin’s child would have serious medical...
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Frary: Obamacare in Maine
“RE: Changes to the 2014 Verso Health Benefits Program,” a memo sent to...
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Maine Ranks 39th Freest State
The Mercatus Center at George Mason University has released its biennial report on...
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LePage Offers Sebelius Quid Pro Quo on Medicaid Expansion
Republican Gov. Paul R. LePage has offered the federal government a quid pro...
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Federal Reserve: Health Care Rules Hurting Business
WASHINGTON, DC – Uncertainty and increased insurance costs caused by President Barack Obama’s...
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New Health Care Law is Helping Maine Businesses
The Center for Health Reform Initiatives, a project of the Maine Heritage Policy...
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Democrats Push Changes to GOP Health Care Insurance Reform
By S.E. Robinson Less than two years into its implementation, the Republican-led health...
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MHPC: Don’t Expand Maine’s Medicaid Under Obamacare
Expanded Medicaid enrollment increases private insurance rates, burdens taxpayers without reducing number of...
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M.D. Harmon: Governor LePage used the wrong word to express a justified outrage
Gov. Paul LePage has said he was sorry for his comment likening the...
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M.D. Harmon: Nationalized healthcare, food and water optional
Now that the battle over the nationalization of U.S. health care is fully...
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Gov. LePage marks 500th day with 20-page book of accomplishments
Governor Paul LePage released on Friday a comprehensive book of accomplishments of his...
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Obamacare 2nd Anniversary Present: Tax Hikes for the Middle Class
On the second anniversary of the law that gave government control of our...
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M.D. Harmon: A battle for the future of freedom
Those of us in the opinionating business are often accused (not always incorrectly)...
