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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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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Why Have Past State TANF Drug-Testing Programs Been So Ineffective?
One of the most common criticisms lauded against state TANF drug-testing programs is their consistent failure to effectively identify sufficient proportions of substance abusers within the number of welfare recipients […]
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The Irony of Opposing Welfare Drug Screenings
There is a heavy dose of irony in the efforts of those who actively oppose policies for drug screening/testing programs for welfare recipients. The road these “defenders of the poor” […]
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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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Welfare reform can happen, but policymakers in Augusta need to hear from you
Earlier this year, The Maine Heritage Policy Center released a several-month long investigation into the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) cash welfare program. Our investigation found Maine EBT cards […]
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The Free ME Initiative
Free ME is a bold initiative that will free Maine. It is a realistic strategy for spurring economic development statewide. Maine has the opportunity to become America’s premier destination for economic […]
Read More →Maine by the Numbers: How Do We Measure Up?
When debating policy changes for Maine at the state house or advocating for it, it is important to know where Maine stands. Our new publication the 2011-2012 Maine By The […]
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PPH – “Welfare: Well-meaning, well-funded, well-done?”
Today, the Portland Press Herald published part 1 of a 3 part series on the state of Welfare in Maine. They cite our report “Fix the System: Freeing Maine Families […]
Read More →FixWelfare.com Shows Growth in Welfare Dependency in Every Maine Town
Families in Your Community are Trapped in Dependence Maine’s welfare system undermines hard work and traps parents and children in poverty. We must fix the system to free families from […]
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