Based on what happened after Oregon legalized the practice, it’s incompatible with values held by Mainers.
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Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: State has urgent need to improve care for older adults, their families
AARP Maine’s long-term services scorecard will help policymakers find solutions and create a system aligned with the new realities of aging and living with disability.
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Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: ‘Public charge’ rule on immigrants would be economic blunder
President Trump’s targeting of public benefits would make it harder for noncitizens to accomplish greatness here.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
As Maine’s population ‘super ages,’ the state’s economy faces frailty
It won’t be long before one in four Mainers is at least 65, and that could hurt the state’s bond rating and tax revenues, further shrink the workforce and stall economic growth.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Elder-care researchers: Critics using invalid arguments to oppose statewide Question 1
Passage will actually help Maine’s economy, not hurt it, while funding at-home care for seniors and giving their caregivers a badly needed pay raise.
Posted inHealth, Life & Culture, Local & State, News, Politics
Supporters of ‘assisted dying’ work to get referendum before Maine voters in 2019
Lawmakers have wrestled with the question in the last two sessions of the Legislature, but the decision could be made on statewide ballots.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Support Question 1 to help Maine families take care of their loved ones at home
Maine’s Homecare For All initiative will ensure that families have the resources to take care of their loved ones in their homes instead of having them sent to a nursing facility.
Posted inEditorials, Election 2018, Opinion, Politics
Our Endorsement: No on Question 1 – plan lacks oversight
Its authors rightly identify a health care crisis among older adults and the disabled, but their strategy is misguided.
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Mary Mayhew’s appointment to head Medicaid nationally is a threat to public health
Here in Maine, she worked to cut Medicaid spending, opposed its expansion and reduced DHHS staff.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: University’s nursing plan is the right way to face a crisis
Maine needs more efforts like this to meet the challenge of being the nation’s oldest state.