All posts tagged "Medicaid"
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Report: Stronger estate recovery laws can improve MaineCare
Maine could face a drastic surge in Medicaid spending for long-term medical care...
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Maine Democrats vote to expand welfare program despite costs
AUGUSTA – In a late night session of the Maine House of Representatives,...
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Top Democrat M.I.A. as Eves-Alfond take hospital debt hostage
AUGUSTA – Maine Democrats, led by Senate President Justin L. Alfond (D-Portland) and...
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HHS votes to repeal 2-year limit on MaineCare coverage for methadone
AUGUSTA – The Health and Human Services (HHS) Committee voted Wednesday against limiting...
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Democratic infighting over welfare expansion threatens hospital repayment
AUGUSTA – Democratic infighting continued at the State House on Wednesday as members...
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VIDEO: Optional Medicaid Expansion: Considerations Facing States
The Mercatus Center, a project of George Mason University, has released a new...
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LePage: Pay the hospitals!
AUGUSTA – Gov. Paul R. LePage on Saturday used his weekly radio address...
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Partisan Politics Stall Hospital Debt Repayment
AUGUSTA – Republican and Democratic leaders held dueling press conferences on Tuesday over...
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Two years of Medicaid expansion would cost Mainers $40 million
AUGUSTA – Expanding Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act – also known as...
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Maine Democrats Craft Health Insurance Rollback
AUGUSTA – Maine Democrats’ major campaign promise last year was the repeal of...
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5 Medicaid Expansion Myths Debunked
Myth #1: The Medicaid Expansion is largely funded by free federal money...
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Maine GOP Points Up Dangers, Unforeseen Consequences of MaineCare Expansion
AUGUSTA – Members of the Joint Standing Committee on Health and Human Services...
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LePage to Democrats: I'll give up my pension if you pay the hospitals
AUGUSTA – Republican Gov. Paul R. LePage said Wednesday via Twitter that he...
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Feds Send Mixed Signals on Sequester, Medicaid
Two letters from the Obama administration to Republican Gov. Paul R. LePage paint...
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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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Maine Should Be Wary of Medicaid Expansion
From the House Republican Office: Washington’s fiscal irresponsibility threatens another bait-and-switch on Mainers AUGUSTA...
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Change of Heart: Democrats Finally Cave to Mounting Pressure on Hospital Repayment
After weeks of public pressure, Democratic leaders on Monday had a change of heart:...
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M.D. Harmon: Time to fight the ideological battle over Obama's ideas
President Obama has made his leftist goals explicit in a pair of major...
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Chart of the Year: Entitlements and Interest Drive the Fiscal Crisis
The end of 2012 was marked by lawmakers engaging in a distracting fiscal...
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12 Days of Obamacare Surprises: An Optional Medicaid Expansion
By Alyene Senger The Heritage Foundation Not all surprises are good. When it comes...
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232 Business Leaders Urge Obama, Congress to Reform Entitlements
By Bronson Stocking The Heritage Foundation A letter from 232 multi-industry organizations, in conjunction with the...
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Poliquin: Strong credit rating attracts business investment
By Bruce Poliquin Maine State Treasurer Maine state government’s credit rating is an...
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VIDEO: Governor LePage: election-year politics delay Maine's Medicaid reforms
Feds delay approval process by responding at last minute AUGUSTA – Governor Paul...
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Maine is finally turning a fiscal corner
By Bruce Poliquin Maine State Treasurer Ten short years ago little was discussed...
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MHPC's “Fix the System” report: Maine is still a national leader in welfare dependency
The Maine Heritage Policy Center’s released today its newest “Fix the System” report...
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Five Issues That Haven’t Come Up in the Presidential Debates
By Amy Payne The Heritage Foundation Tonight’s presidential debate is the last one that...
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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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Op-Ed: Moral Budget?
by Jason Savage Budgets are moral documents. By now, if you have followed the...
