In choosing not to accept the federal Medicaid expansion, Gov. Paul LePage and key legislators in Augusta have acted prudently.…
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Maine could face a drastic surge in Medicaid spending for long-term medical care if nothing is done to address a…
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 – The Health and Human Services (HHS) Committee voted Wednesday against limiting Medicaid coverage of methadone and suboxone treatments,…
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 – Gov. Paul R. LePage on Saturday used his weekly radio address to once again call for action on…
AUGUSTA – Republican and Democratic leaders held dueling press conferences on Tuesday over Gov. Paul R. LePage’s proposal to pay…
AUGUSTA – Expanding Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act – also known as Obamacare – will cost Maine taxpayers $40…
AUGUSTA – Maine Democrats’ major campaign promise last year was the repeal of Republican-backed health care insurance reform known as…
Myth #1: The Medicaid Expansion is largely funded by free federal money for state governments. Under the Affordable Care…
AUGUSTA – Members of the Joint Standing Committee on Health and Human Services gathered in Cross Office building Tuesday for…
AUGUSTA – Republican Gov. Paul R. LePage said Wednesday via Twitter that he would give up his pension if Democratic…
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…
After weeks of public pressure, Democratic leaders on Monday had a change of heart: They now support repaying Maine’s $484 million…
President Obama has made his leftist goals explicit in a pair of major national addresses (his acceptance speech at the…
The end of 2012 was marked by lawmakers engaging in a distracting fiscal cliff debate over tax rates when the…
By Alyene Senger The Heritage Foundation Not all surprises are good. When it comes to Obamacare, the original projections are turning…
By Bronson Stocking The Heritage Foundation A letter from 232 multi-industry organizations, in conjunction with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, is calling on…
By Bruce Poliquin Maine State Treasurer Maine state government’s credit rating is an objective measure of our State’s economic and…
Feds delay approval process by responding at last minute AUGUSTA – Governor Paul R. LePage today released a video to…
By Bruce Poliquin Maine State Treasurer Ten short years ago little was discussed about our accumulating public debt. The media…
The Maine Heritage Policy Center’s released today its newest “Fix the System” report on Maine’s welfare system, which shows that…
By Amy Payne The Heritage Foundation Tonight’s presidential debate is the last one that will include questions on domestic policy. The…
Expanded Medicaid enrollment increases private insurance rates, burdens taxpayers without reducing number of uninsured PORTLAND – The Maine Heritage Policy…
by Jason Savage Budgets are moral documents. By now, if you have followed the debate about Maine’s DHHS budget and welfare…