State government spending has rapidly outpaced population growth in Maine over the last decade, according to a new report published…
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Unnecessary spending in Governor Janet Mills’ biennial budget, approved by Maine lawmakers in 2019, is going to come back to…
A little over one year into her tenure as governor, Janet Mills is responsible for an explosion of new spending…
Lawmakers on Maine’s Health and Human Services Committee will hold a public hearing Monday on LD 1984, “An Act To…
On October 8, 2019, the Office of Aging and Disability Services (OADS) released their quarterly update regarding enrollment numbers for…
Governor Mills’ first move in office was to sign an executive order expanding Medicaid to more than 70,000 Mainers. Maine…
Laura Catevenis, a resident of Lewiston, was close to rock bottom. She was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and, two years…
Yesterday, Governor Janet Mills announced that her administration has urged the federal government to provide financial aid to municipalities and…
There is a very profound reason that the American constitutional republic has created the highest standard of living, for more…
Medicaid expansion enrollment under Governor Janet Mills is taking off – almost 16,800 individuals have enrolled to receive Medicaid benefits…
Lawmakers on the Health and Human Services Committee yesterday held a public hearing on a bill, sponsored by Rep. Beth…
Governor Mills has proposed an $8.04 billion dollar General Fund budget. That is an 11 percent increase over the current…
The Maine Heritage Policy Center (MHPC) on Monday released a new analysis of Gov. Janet Mills’ biennial budget proposal during…
Liberals in Augusta are likely elated with the latest communication from Maine’s Department of Health and Human Services. The department’s…
Much has been made — for good reason — of the federal government’s fiscal imbalance. High and rising debt (fast…
For the second time in 17 years, Maine has expanded Medicaid. Governor Mills has directed DHHS to take swift action…
It is a “new day” in Augusta according to Janet Mills, who became the first woman to serve as the…
When I took office, MaineCare was running biennial budget deficits of more than $200 million, and our state owed the…
Last week I sent Governor-elect Janet Mills my administration’s recommended budget proposal. I called her attention to key measures I…
“Next to enjoying ourselves, the next greatest pleasure consists in preventing others from enjoying themselves…love of power does far more…
Earlier this week, Maine House Republicans sustained Governor LePage’s veto of a bill to implement Medicaid expansion, preventing more than $31…
Medicaid expansion is the law, and I am committed to implement it. But I am forced to veto LD 837.…
Medicaid-expansion advocates plan to bring busloads of able-bodied adults to DHHS offices on July 2 to enroll in MaineCare. But the Legislature…
As the legislative session enters its last weeks, Democrats are sitting on their hands, hoping voters won’t notice they have…
It’s been 100 days since voters passed the referendum to expand Medicaid. So far, the legislature has done nothing to…
I have laid out four basic principles to guide the Legislature’s decision on how to pay for Medicaid expansion. We…
Proponents of Medicaid expansion have not been honest with the Maine people. They claim it’s free because the federal government…
It took a lot of work to balance Maine’s budget, bring fiscal responsibility to state government and restore our rainy…
I had the privilege of spending some time in your state earlier this year and I truly enjoyed spending time…
Maine voters will decide tomorrow at the ballot box whether to expand Medicaid coverage to childless, able-bodied working age adults…
Lies and deceit continue from the campaign pushing for Medicaid expansion, or Question 2, which would provide health coverage to…
Maine needs you to make important decisions that will affect our future. Please vote on November 7. There are several…
In response to a newsletter put out by Maine Medical Center CEO Richard W. Petersen and other hospitals that are…
The Maine people are being told that if Medicaid is not expanded, children and the elderly will suffer. Folks, it’s…
Special-interest groups are using the ballot box to push initiatives that are bad for Maine. For seven years, I have…
When it comes to Medicaid expansion, at one time, Maine was ahead of the curve. In 2002, long before the…
Despite being rejected five times previously, once again, a push to expand MaineCare—the state’s Medicaid program—will be debated. For the…
This November, Mainers will be asked a familiar question: should our State expand the Medicaid welfare program? Not only has…
After accepting feedback from Maine citizens throughout a 30-day public comment period, Democratic Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap made minuscule…
Medicaid: Is it welfare or insurance? Those who have actually read the legal definition of insurance are baffled at how…
It’s easy for politicians in Washington, D.C. to make promises to the people, especially when they don’t have to deal…
On Wednesday, the editorial board at the Wall Street Journal penned an enlightening piece that critically examines the traditional Medicaid…
It’s imperative that government spends public funds in the best interest of its citizens. With this in mind, the people…
The Office of Fiscal and Program Review released the fiscal note for the Medicaid expansion referendum Maine voters will consider…
This November, Maine voters will be asked whether they want to expand Medicaid eligibility to able-bodied, childless adults between the…
Proponents of Medicaid expansion often assert that expansion insures more people and leads to a healthier population. As Maine knows…
The Maine Heritage Policy Center (MHPC) released its newest original research report, Reject Medicaid Expansion, on Monday morning during a…
Dedicating more public funds to a government program is not a measure of successful policy. It never has been, and…
Health care is perhaps the most complex and contentious issue being debated throughout Maine and the country today. At the…
As Maine’s successful reforms to its health insurance market in 2011 continue to fuel the national conversation about ObamaCare repeal…
This is a comment I received from an 81-year old widow in Penobscot County in response to a constituent survey…
Following the scheduled public hearings and work sessions today, the Health and Human Services Committee will review amendments for Legislative Document…
AUGUSTA — Today the Department of Health and Human Services released the fiscal note attached to Senator Tom Saviello’s bill…
If you didn’t know better, you would think that certain legislators in Augusta suffer from short-term memory loss. Every session…
On Wednesday, the Foundation for Government Accountability (FGA) released a report highlighting the explosion in enrollment in states that have…
At Wednesday’s gubernatorial debate, U.S. Rep. Michael Michaud, the Democratic candidate, suggested U.S. policymakers should combat the the spread of the…
The Foundation for Government Accountability, a Naples, Florida-based think tank focused on developing state and national health care policy, on…
A poll released Wednesday by opponents of Medicaid expansion found support for the proposal decreases significantly when voters are made…
AUGUSTA – The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) on Monday released a poll showing a majority of its Maine…
The Maine State Chamber of Commerce (MSCC) will remain neutral with regard to Medicaid expansion legislation (L.D. 1487) introduced by Sens.…
AUGUSTA – In a 5-7 party line vote, the Legislature’s Health and Human Services (HHS) Committee voted Monday to recommend…
When doctors discovered that Jeff and Kirsten Martin’s child would have serious medical complications, they urged her to terminate the…
The Portland-based Press Herald newspaper, a publication majority-owned by Democratic Party mega-donor S. Donald Sussman, has refused to publish an…
(Editor’s Note: The Portland-based Press Herald newspaper refused to publish this opinion editorial, written by Rep. Deb Sanderson (R-Chelsea), the…
AUGUSTA – Members of Gov. Paul LePage’s cabinet gathered at the State House on Wednesday to deliver a message to…
AUGUSTA – Department of Health and Human Services Commissioner Mary Mayhew delivered the Paul LePage administration’s weekly address, focusing on…
AUGUSTA – Top Republicans in the House of Representatives have rejected a bill from Assistance Senate Minority Leader Roger Katz…
AUGUSTA – Republican Sens. Roger Katz (R-Kennebec) and Thomas Saviello (R-Franklin) on Tuesday released a draft of a “compromise” Medicaid…
AUGUSTA – A non-partisan analyst on the Legislature’s Health and Human Services (HHS) Committee engaged in partisan activism to push…
AUGUSTA – Twenty-six Republican state representatives delivered an open letter to House Speaker Mark Eves (D-North Berwick) Wednesday morning asking…
AUGUSTA – A top Republican lawmaker on the Health and Human Services (HHS) Committee is questioning the objectivity of non-partisan…
AUGUSTA – The Augusta-based Maine Health Access Foundation announced Wednesday it has given awards worth nearly $670,000 to liberal political…
Sweetser, a non-profit social services agency and major Medicaid beneficiary, has received nearly $2.5 million from no-bid, sole-sourced contracts with…
The chief Democratic advocate for Medicaid expansion may have misrepresented his professional relationship with a private school that stands to…
The present conversation over Medicaid expansion, as witnessed daily in editorial pages and at the State House, is misleading because…
AUGUSTA – Top Republicans said Tuesday that problems with President Obama’s signature health care law show the federal government’s promise…
AUGUSTA – The Maine House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to sustain Gov. Paul R. LePage’s veto of the controversial…
AUGUSTA – In a late night session of the Maine House of Representatives, state lawmakers clung mostly to party lines…
AUGUSTA – Maine Democrats, led by Senate President Justin L. Alfond (D-Portland) and House Speaker Mark W. Eves (D-North Berwick)…
AUGUSTA – Democratic infighting continued at the State House on Wednesday as members of the Health and Human Services (HHS)…
The Mercatus Center, a project of George Mason University, has released a new video analyzing the expansion of states’ Medicaid…
AUGUSTA – Republican and Democratic leaders held dueling press conferences on Tuesday over Gov. Paul R. LePage’s proposal to pay…
Two letters from the Obama administration to Republican Gov. Paul R. LePage paint very distinct portraits of the federal government’s…
Republican Gov. Paul R. LePage has offered the federal government a quid pro quo regarding his willingness to expand Medicaid under the…
From the House Republican Office: Washington’s fiscal irresponsibility threatens another bait-and-switch on Mainers AUGUSTA – House Republican leadership says that Maine’s…