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Medicaid

Published
November 2, 2017

Approve Medicaid expansion to save lives, struggling hospitals, tax dollars

It's heartbreaking to see Mainers buried in medical bills or skipping health care because of the cost. Here's a chance to help them.
Published
November 1, 2017

Maine Voices: Medicaid expansion in Maine would come at steep cost, loss of medical-care price control

To accommodate expansion, taxes will be raised or budgets slashed, even as third-party payments fuel a bloated bottom line.
Published
October 31, 2017

Commentary: Maine’s history on Medicaid expansion is no reason to vote ‘no’

The 2002 expansion was funded differently from the ACA approach, which has worked especially well in other states with rural communities like Maine.
Published
October 30, 2017

Our View: Gov. LePage way off base on state Question 2

He's wrong about how much Medicaid expansion costs, how it works and who gets it.
Published
October 22, 2017

Our View: Vote yes on Question 2: It’s a good deal for Maine

Health care providers would get $500 million from the feds, keeping rural hospitals afloat.

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Published
October 22, 2017

Addicts may benefit from an expansion of Medicaid

Uninsured Mainers can't afford treatment, and hospitals are bearing the rising costs of unreimbursed emergency room care for opioid addiction.
Published
October 19, 2017

The issues are complicated, but a yes vote on Question 2 will help Maine

The reality is, Maine cannot afford not to take the opportunity to improve its health care system.
Published
October 17, 2017

Commentary: Expanding MaineCare will hurt some people that it claims to help

This November's ballot initiative to expand the program comes with both financial and human costs.
Published
October 15, 2017

Jim Fossel: Known unknowns on Medicaid

Not knowing who will be in charge in Augusta or what Congress will do makes the expansion risky.
Published
October 15, 2017

About 70,000 low-income Mainers await crucial state vote on expanding Medicaid

Residents without insurance who earn between zero and 138% of the federal poverty level, about $28,000 for a family of three, would benefit from the proposal on the Nov. 7 ballot.