The governor has had his chance to obstruct expansion of health insurance coverage to about 70,000 low-income residents. Now it’s his duty to see that it takes place.
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Mainers want to keep government in health care
Congress should be focused on bringing down outrageous costs, not cutting corporate taxes.
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Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Jim Fossel: Medicaid expansion not done yet
The battle now shifts to how to pay for what the voters demanded.
Posted inHealth, Maine, News
Medicaid expansion may strain Maine’s budget, credit rating agency says
Moody’s also says the biggest risk to the state is that the federal government could reduce funding for the health care program in the years ahead.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: This year’s election had 70,000 big winners
Gov. LePage has lost his four-year battle to keep health care coverage from low-income Mainers.
Posted inHealth, Maine, News, Politics
Maine’s ballot-box expansion of Medicaid likely to inspire referendums elsewhere
From Idaho to Utah to Kansas, where lawmakers have resisted the added health care coverage, groups now have ‘something to emulate.’
Posted inHealth, Nation & World
In election glow, Democrats nationally see health care as a winning issue
Maine’s vote to expand Medicaid is among the indicators that public opinion may be shifting in the Democrats’ favor.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Medicaid expansion is the right medicine for all of Maine
Maine voters have a chance to show that we want more people to have health insurance, not fewer.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
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.
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.