Testimony: Repealing MaineCare Expansion
Testimony in Support of LD 902: “An Act to Repeal So-called MaineCare Expansion” Senator Baldacci, Representative Meyer, and the distinguished members of the Committee on Health and Human Services, my […]
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Growth vs. Gimmicks Part IV: Health care and welfare reform
Long-term Growth vs. Short-term Gimmicks is a seven part series examining the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Maine’s economy, the corresponding effects on the state’s biennial budget, and reforms […]
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Work requirements are necessary to discourage Medicaid abuse
There is nothing to be afraid of with work requirements for able-bodied Medicaid recipients. It is a common sense policy intended to prioritize resources for the truly needy.
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The earned income tax credit is Maine’s best anti-poverty program. Let’s expand it
The biggest flaw in most social assistance programs — including TANF, SNAP, Medicaid, and WIC — is that they undermine the very thing that would help their beneficiaries secure long-term […]
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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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Effort to Expand Medicaid at the Ballot Box is Bad for Maine
They’re at it again. Having repeatedly failed to achieve Medicaid expansion through the legislative process, liberals in Maine have succeeded in putting it on the ballot this November. Despite the […]
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This Version of Expanded Medicaid is Not Better
If you didn’t know better, you would think that certain legislators in Augusta suffer from short-term memory loss. Every session since the passage of Obamacare, Maine legislators have debated liberal […]
Read More →Governor Kasich’s Failed Ohio Expansion
Governor John Kasich of Ohio, a likely presidential candidate, visited Maine yesterday to drum up support for a state-led initiative to call for a convention that aims to amend the […]
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Release: MHPC Applauds Candidate’s Welfare Reforms; Warns Against Medicaid Expansion
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 27, 2014 PORTLAND, Maine – The Maine Heritage Policy Center, Maine’s preeminent free-market think tank, issued the following statement today regarding independent gubernatorial candidate Eliot Cutler’s […]
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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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