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.
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Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
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.
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Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
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.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
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.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
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.
Posted inHealth, Local & State
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.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
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.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
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.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Jim Fossel: Known unknowns on Medicaid
Not knowing who will be in charge in Augusta or what Congress will do makes the expansion risky.
Posted inHealth, Local & State, Nation & World, News
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.