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 […]
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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 →Maine’s Real Uninsured Rate – Less Than 1 Person in 20
The National Center for Health Statistics released a report last month finding that fewer than 1 person in 20 in Maine has been uninsured for more than a year (half the […]
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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