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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Whoever wins, Maine’s next governor needs to address these challenges
After the sounds of boisterous campaign rallies fade and the realities of the job sink in, Maine’s next governor will face a state with serious long-term challenges. The bold policy […]
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Work requirements work, but don’t ask MECEP for a fair analysis
Last month, the Maine Center for Economic Policy posted an article on its website chastising Governor LePage and other Republican lawmakers for having the audacity to suggest that able-bodied adults […]
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The Top 10 Things Keeping Mainers Poor Released Today
AUGUSTA- Today, The Maine Heritage Policy Center released its latest piece of research, “The Top 10 Things Keeping Mainers Poor,” a comprehensive look at how government policy in Maine creates […]
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Researchers Say Welfare Programs Harm Recipients
America’s $700 billion per year welfare system is actually doing more harm than good, and is hurting the very people it is intended to help. That’s the subject of a […]
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The Future of Drug-Testing Programs in Maine
After a thoroughly objective evaluation of the many aspects and implications surrounding state TANF drug-testing programs, this series has reached its conclusion. This comes with perfect timing, as one of […]
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Responding to the Criticisms of TANF Drug Testing
Following the first phase of screenings in Maine’s new drug-testing program for TANF recipients with prior felony drug convictions, state and national media outlets unleashed a wave of criticism directed […]
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Clarifying Exactly How Maine’s New Drug-Testing Program for TANF Recipients Works
This is the first installment of a weekly series focused on discussing how drug-testing programs for TANF recipients benefit the state, taxpayers, and most of all the recipients themselves. It […]
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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 Applauds LePage’s Decision on Welfare Work Requirements
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 23, 2014 PORTLAND, Maine – The Maine Heritage Policy Center, Maine’s foremost free-market think tank, on Wednesday applauded Governor Paul R. LePage’s decision to implement work […]
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