Critique of Maine’s Health Reform Law Misses the Mark
As Maine’s successful reforms to its health insurance market in 2011 continue to fuel the national conversation about ObamaCare repeal and replacement, progressives are desperate to paint those reforms as […]
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Thousands of Mainers Could See Premium Increases over 40%
Community Health Options (CHO), a Lewiston-based insurance provider, has asked the Maine Bureau of Insurance for a whopping 44.9% rate increase on their catastrophic level plan. CHO is one of […]
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Want to help the poor? Reform Maine’s health care system
How the Free Market Can Make Health Care More Affordable For Everyone One of the primary burdens poor Mainers confront is the constant struggle to remain healthy. Unable to afford […]
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Release: MHPC On The Latest ACA Federal Court Rulings On Obamacare Subsidies
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 22, 2014 Joel Allumbaugh, Director of MHPC’s Center for Health Reform Inititiaves released the following statement on Tuesday in regard to the latest ACA federal court […]
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Take Action: Oppose Medicaid Expansion in Maine
Many of Maine’s policymakers have fallen for the siren call of ObamaCare’s Medicaid expansion. Fortunately, Maine has held the line on Medicaid expansion so far. However, the 2015 legislative session […]
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Crisis to Cure: Maine’s Health Care Reform Law is Helping Business
Opponents of Maine’s new health care reform law (PL90) erroneously describe the law as “a gift to the insurance companies.”[1] In reality that gift has come in the form of […]
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Case Study #2: Maine blueberry farm would pay $184,000 more a year under Obamacare
Paying Obamacare penalties would be less expensive than providing health insurance A case study from a blueberry farming operation in Maine shows that providing health insurance benefits under Obamacare would […]
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Obamacare’s Negative Impact on Business – Case Study #1
Introduction Obamacare is, first and foremost, an affront to liberty-loving Americans who cherish their Constitutional right to determine their own healthcare.[i] Obamacare puts liberty on the back burner in pursuit […]
Read More →Health Insurance Reform Will Undo Decades of Premium-Hiking Policies
A new study released today by The Maine Heritage Policy Center (MHPC) explains how policies enacted in the early 1990’s have driven Maine’s insurance premiums higher and higher, and created […]
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Historical Perspective: Why LD 1333 – Maine’s New Health Insurance Reform?
On May 17, 2011, Governor Paul LePage signed into law a major health reform package to help contain the spiraling cost of health insurance for all Mainers. Before becoming law, […]
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