medicaid expansion
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PublishedJuly 30, 2023
Commentary: On anniversary of their founding, we must recognize value of Medicare, Medicaid
About 50% of Mainers benefit from these programs, but we still have far to go to improve our health as a nation, including improvements in life expectancy, preventable hospitalizations and infant mortality.
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PublishedJune 28, 2023
Our View: Senate way off base on MaineCare for noncitizens
You want to talk about price tags? Excluding low-income noncitizens from routine health care comes with an unacceptable financial and social cost.
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PublishedApril 12, 2023
Speaker Talbot Ross: ‘Health care for all’ must not rule out immigrants
It's time to close a small but unjust gap in MaineCare and return our state to its longstanding practice of greater inclusion.
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PublishedAugust 4, 2022
Our View: The number of uninsured Americans is at an all-time low. Let’s keep it that way
If Congress doesn't act, then millions of Americans could lose health coverage at the end of the year.
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PublishedApril 15, 2021
Immigrants in Maine could regain access to health care benefits
Legislation sponsored by Assistant House Majority Leader Rachel Talbot Ross of Portland would roll back a 2011 change that prohibited non-citizens from receiving state Medicaid benefits.
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PublishedSeptember 27, 2020
The Maine Millennial: Zombie virus comes back for young victim
Shingles is a painful condition, but it can be treated – if you have health insurance.
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PublishedJanuary 10, 2020
Medicaid expansion may have saved thousands from drug overdose deaths
Researchers concluded that additional access to drug-abuse treatment was linked to a 6% lower overdose rate for states that allowed more people to enroll in Medicaid.
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PublishedDecember 26, 2019
Commentary: Public-private partnerships are helping to keep Maine healthy
A nonprofit is working with officials to expand access to care in rural areas.
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PublishedDecember 22, 2019
New Medicaid patients strain Maine’s mental health services
The number of adults getting treatment has nearly doubled since the state expanded the health care program, and wait times are swelling.
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PublishedDecember 20, 2019
ACA signups down, but Maine’s uninsured rate should fall with Medicaid expansion
From Nov. 1 through Dec. 17, a total of 62,213 Mainers signed up for health insurance through the Affordable Care Act – down about 13% from a year ago.
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