LD 1333 Explained: FAQs About Maine’s New Health Insurance Reform
On May 17, 2011, Governor Paul LePage signed into law a significant health reform package to help contain the spiraling cost of health insurance for all Mainers. Before becoming law, […]
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Replacing Big Government Health Care with Patient-Centered Reform
Maine’s past and present free market health policy experts partnered with the national Heritage Foundation to publish a report that serves as a guide for other states that wish to […]
Read More →Time to Repeal ObamaCare
As Congress nears a historic vote on the repeal of ObamaCare, it would be a good idea for us to take a moment to remind ourselves why this legislation needs […]
Read More →Maine Dems: Dirigo “Inspiration” for ObamaCare, Yet Dirigo Spends $10.4k per Uninsured Covered
In case you missed it, former Virginia Governor and current Democratic National Committee chairman Tom Kaine keynoted the Maine Democratic Party’s convention this past weekend. According to a Kennebec Journal […]
Read More →Surprise: ObamaCare will cost more than originally estimated
The Washington Post reports that the 10-year cost of ObamaCare could be $115 billion more than originally estimated (that’s about the price of Greece). That is if Congress spends the […]
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Maine’s Uninsured Rate Higher than Pre-Dirigo and Second Highest in New England
The U.S. Census Bureau last week released updated information on the number of uninsured people in Maine. Maine’s number of uninsured is now 21,000 higher than pre-Dirigo (2004) and the […]
Read More →Dirigo Proposing $100k a Year Cap
The Dirigo Health Board is discussing changes to Maine’s government plan – DirigoChoice. One of the considerations is a $100,000 a year limit on benefits. This is a great lesson […]
Read More →$60 Million – Improve Health for 112 Million Kids or Run Dirigo for One Year?
The Wall Street Journal recently reported on a meeting of the world’s top eight economists (five Nobel laureates) at the Copenhagen Consensus Center in Denmark. The economists recommended, in priority order, the way […]
Read More →Massachusetts Health Plan Update – High Costs, Mixed Results
After the first year of Massachusetts’ RomneyCare health reform, the public is seeing the effectiveness of the plan that has an individual and employer mandate combined with a Medicaid expansion and […]
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