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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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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Obama is Making Big Changes to Medicare
Beginning today, almost 800 hospitals across the country will be impacted by the Obama Administration’s change to how Medicare pays for some of the most common health care procedures. This […]
Read More →Maine’s Personal Current Transfer Receipts in 2009
Between 2008 and 2009, Maine’s Personal Current Transfer Receipts (PCTR), which consists of Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, etc., grew by $1.2 billion to $11 billion from $8.8 Billion. As shown […]
Read More →Record Increase in Maine’s Personal Current Transfer Receipts
In my previous blog I hinted that Maine’s Personal Current Transfer Receipts (PCTR) were behind the large drop in the private sector share of personal income. Between 2008 and 2009, […]
Read More →Maine’s Private Sector Plunges in 2009
Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Economic Analysis released their 2009 personal income estimates. Undoubtedly, some folks will be praising Maine’s rise in the state per capita income […]
Read More →Republican Summary of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
Read the full report | The Republican Summary of the heath care reform bill.
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