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354					<h2>Policy Brief: Paid family and medical leave proposal would provide fair benefits to nearly all Mainers</h2>
355											<p>Whether it’s a joyous occasion such as the birth of a child or more challenging times such as illness or death of a parent or grandparent, Mainers need to be able to focus on their families. Yet currently, the vast majority of working Mainers lose their income when they take family or medical leave.</p>
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753						<a href="https://www.mecep.org/jobs-and-income/closing-the-gap-maines-direct-care-shortage-and-solutions-to-fix-it/" class="article-link">
754							<h1>Closing the Gap: Maine’s Direct Care Shortage and Solutions to Fix It</h1>
755							<p>Download the PDF version full report Summary Stories Today in Maine, thousands of older adults, people with disabilities, and individuals with behavioral health challenges do not receive [&hellip;]</p>
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764							June 17, 2024						</div>
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773Jobs and Income</a>, <a href="https://www.mecep.org/category/maines-economy/" rel="tag">Maine’s Economy</a>, <a href="https://www.mecep.org/category/taxes-and-budget/" rel="tag">Taxes and Budget</a></span>
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775							<h1>The High Cost of Undervaluing Direct Care Work</h1>
776							<p>Download the PDF version full report Summary Maine’s direct care workforce is in a fragile state. Low reimbursement rates for direct care work result in low pay, [&hellip;]</p>
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792						<a href="https://www.mecep.org/health-care/health-insurance-costs-will-soar-for-66000-mainers-if-congress-doesnt-act/" class="article-link">
793							<h1>GRAPHIC SERIES: Health insurance costs will soar for 66,000 Mainers if Congress doesn’t act</h1>
794							<p>Among the provisions included in the American Rescue Plan passed by Congress in 2021 was a program to increase the affordability of health insurance purchased through the [&hellip;]</p>
795						</a>
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798												<a href="https://www.mecep.org/author/caramecep-org/" class="author">
799							<img alt='' src='https://www.mecep.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/MECEP-logo-for-WP-2-150x150.png' class='' height='96' width='96' />							<span>MECEP</span>
800						</a>
801												<div class="date">
802							<span class="small-caps">Posted</span>
803							May 18, 2022						</div>
804												<div class="tags">
805							<span class="small-caps">Tags</span>
806							<a href="https://www.mecep.org/tag/arpa/" rel="tag">ARPA</a>, <a href="https://www.mecep.org/tag/economic-security/" rel="tag">Economic Security</a>, <a href="https://www.mecep.org/tag/federal/" rel="tag">Federal</a>, <a href="https://www.mecep.org/tag/health-care/" rel="tag">Health Care</a>						</div>
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808					</div>
809				</article>
810							<article class="post has-image">
811					<div class="content">
812						<span class="meta"><a href="https://www.mecep.org/category/health-care/" rel="tag">Health Care</a>, <a href="https://www.mecep.org/category/jobs-and-income/" rel="tag">Jobs and Income</a></span>
813						<a href="https://www.mecep.org/health-care/policy-brief-paid-family-and-medical-leave-proposal-would-provide-fair-benefits-to-nearly-all-mainers/" class="article-link">
814							<h1>Policy Brief: Paid family and medical leave proposal would provide fair benefits to nearly all Mainers</h1>
815							<p>Summary: Nearly every Mainer will at some point face extraordinary circumstances that necessitate extended leave from work. Whether it’s a joyous occasion such as the birth of [&hellip;]</p>
816						</a>
817					</div>
818					<div class="side-meta">
819												<a href="https://www.mecep.org/author/james-myall/" class="author">
820							<img alt='' src='https://www.mecep.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Image-from-iOS-4-e1655739709360-150x150.jpg' class='' height='96' width='96' />							<span>James Myall</span>
821						</a>
822												<div class="date">
823							<span class="small-caps">Posted</span>
824							April 19, 2019						</div>
825												<div class="tags">
826							<span class="small-caps">Tags</span>
827							<a href="https://www.mecep.org/tag/family-and-medical-leave/" rel="tag">Family and Medical Leave</a>						</div>
828												<img src="https://www.mecep.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/AdobeStock_167163429-1024x683-1-300x200.jpeg" />
829					</div>
830				</article>
831							<article class="post no-image">
832					<div class="content">
833						<span class="meta"><a href="https://www.mecep.org/category/health-care/" rel="tag">Health Care</a>, <a href="https://www.mecep.org/category/taxes-and-budget/" rel="tag">Taxes and Budget</a></span>
834						<a href="https://www.mecep.org/health-care/study-embraced-by-senator-collins-actually-affirms-that-her-plan-will-not-prevent-people-from-losing-health-insurance-and-paying-higher-premiums/" class="article-link">
835							<h1>Study embraced by Senator Collins actually affirms that her plan will not prevent people from losing health insurance and paying higher premiums  </h1>
836							<p>Earlier this week, Avalere health consulting released a report indicating that two proposals advocated by Senator Collins would reduce health insurance premiums. Senator Collins seized on this analysis. In a tweet on December 6, she claimed that the Avalere study “confirms my reinsurance bill &#038; Alexander-Murray proposal would reduce health insurance premiums by 18% in 2019.â€
836</p>
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840												<a href="https://www.mecep.org/author/garrettmartin/" class="author">
841							<img alt='' src='https://www.mecep.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/GM-headshot-4.20-2-scaled-e1602774991721-150x150.jpg' class='' height='96' width='96' />							<span>Garrett Martin</span>
842						</a>
843												<div class="date">
844							<span class="small-caps">Posted</span>
845							December 8, 2017						</div>
846												<div class="tags">
847							<span class="small-caps">Tags</span>
848							<a href="https://www.mecep.org/tag/affordable-care-act/" rel="tag">Affordable Care Act</a>, <a href="https://www.mecep.org/tag/health-care/" rel="tag">Health Care</a>						</div>
849												<img src="" />
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853					<div class="content">
854						<span class="meta"><a href="https://www.mecep.org/category/health-care/" rel="tag">Health Care</a></span>
855						<a href="https://www.mecep.org/health-care/health-care-for-tens-of-thousands-of-mainers-under-threat-proposed-fix-is-insufficient/" class="article-link">
856							<h1>Health care for tens of thousands of Mainers under threat; proposed “fix” is insufficient</h1>
857							<p>Earlier this year, Mainers were justifiably proud of Senator Susan Collins for standing strong in the face of efforts to take health care away from tens of [&hellip;]</p>
858						</a>
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860					<div class="side-meta">
861												<a href="https://www.mecep.org/author/james-myall/" class="author">
862							<img alt='' src='https://www.mecep.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Image-from-iOS-4-e1655739709360-150x150.jpg' class='' height='96' width='96' />							<span>James Myall</span>
863						</a>
864												<div class="date">
865							<span class="small-caps">Posted</span>
866							December 6, 2017						</div>
867												<div class="tags">
868							<span class="small-caps">Tags</span>
869							<a href="https://www.mecep.org/tag/affordable-care-act/" rel="tag">Affordable Care Act</a>, <a href="https://www.mecep.org/tag/health-care/" rel="tag">Health Care</a>						</div>
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873							<article class="post no-image">
874					<div class="content">
875						<span class="meta"><a href="https://www.mecep.org/category/health-care/" rel="tag">Health Care</a>, <a href="https://www.mecep.org/category/taxes-and-budget/" rel="tag">Taxes and Budget</a></span>
876						<a href="https://www.mecep.org/health-care/senate-health-care-band-aids-wont-fix-damage-in-tax-bill/" class="article-link">
877							<h1>Senate Health Care Band-Aids Won’t Fix Damage in Tax Bill </h1>
878							<p>US Senate Republicans have offered only temporary, Band-Aid fixes to try to reassure holdouts on their tax bill like Maine’s Senator Susan Collins. These proposals will not [&hellip;]</p>
879						</a>
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882												<a href="https://www.mecep.org/author/james-myall/" class="author">
883							<img alt='' src='https://www.mecep.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Image-from-iOS-4-e1655739709360-150x150.jpg' class='' height='96' width='96' />							<span>James Myall</span>
884						</a>
885												<div class="date">
886							<span class="small-caps">Posted</span>
887							November 29, 2017						</div>
888												<div class="tags">
889							<span class="small-caps">Tags</span>
890							<a href="https://www.mecep.org/tag/federal/" rel="tag">Federal</a>, <a href="https://www.mecep.org/tag/health-care/" rel="tag">Health Care</a>, <a href="https://www.mecep.org/tag/taxes/" rel="tag">Taxes</a>						</div>
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895					<div class="content">
896						<span class="meta"><a href="https://www.mecep.org/category/health-care/" rel="tag">Health Care</a>, <a href="https://www.mecep.org/category/taxes-and-budget/" rel="tag">Taxes and Budget</a></span>
897						<a href="https://www.mecep.org/health-care/heres-a-map-repealing-the-acas-individual-mandate-would-leave-an-additional-50000-mainers-without-health-insurance/" class="article-link">
898							<h1>
898Here's a Map: Repealing the ACA’s Individual Mandate Would Leave an Additional 50,000 Mainers without Health Insurance</h1>
899							<p>US Senate Republicans’ proposal to reduce access to health care in order to pay for additional tax cuts for the wealthy, large corporations, and foreign investors would [&hellip;]</p>
900						</a>
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903												<a href="https://www.mecep.org/author/james-myall/" class="author">
904							<img alt='' src='https://www.mecep.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Image-from-iOS-4-e1655739709360-150x150.jpg' class='' height='96' width='96' />							<span>James Myall</span>
905						</a>
906												<div class="date">
907							<span class="small-caps">Posted</span>
908							November 15, 2017						</div>
909												<div class="tags">
910							<span class="small-caps">Tags</span>
911							<a href="https://www.mecep.org/tag/health-care/" rel="tag">Health Care</a>						</div>
912												<img src="" />
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914				</article>
915							<article class="post no-image">
916					<div class="content">
917						<span class="meta"><a href="https://www.mecep.org/category/health-care/" rel="tag">Health Care</a></span>
918						<a href="https://www.mecep.org/health-care/medxcounties/" class="article-link">
919							<h1>Medicaid Expansion, County by County</h1>
920							<p>On November 7th, Mainers will have the opportunity help spur economic growth and provide over 70,000 low-income Mainers with access to health coverage, by voting &#8220;yes&#8221; on question 2, to expand Medicaid eligibility. MECEP has previously reported on the many benefits of [&hellip;]</p>
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924												<a href="https://www.mecep.org/author/katherine-churchill/" class="author">
925							<img alt='' src='https://www.mecep.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/guest-blogger.png' class='' height='96' width='96' />							<span>Katherine Churchill</span>
926						</a>
927												<div class="date">
928							<span class="small-caps">Posted</span>
929							October 24, 2017						</div>
930												<img src="" />
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932				</article>
933							<article class="post no-image">
934					<div class="content">
935						<span class="meta"><a href="https://www.mecep.org/category/health-care/" rel="tag">Health Care</a></span>
936						<a href="https://www.mecep.org/health-care/3613/" class="article-link">
937							<h1>For thousands of sick low-income Mainers, Medicaid Expansion is their only hope for affordable care</h1>
938							<p>With the Medicaid expansion ballot question, this November, Mainers have a chance to fix that. By voting to raise the Medicaid eligibility threshold in Maine, our friends, neighbors, and coworkers will be able to get health care, setting them on the path to improved health, improved productivity, and ultimately a better life.</p>
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942												<a href="https://www.mecep.org/author/james-myall/" class="author">
943							<img alt='' src='https://www.mecep.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Image-from-iOS-4-e1655739709360-150x150.jpg' class='' height='96' width='96' />							<span>James Myall</span>
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946							<span class="small-caps">Posted</span>
947							September 28, 2017						</div>
948												<div class="tags">
949							<span class="small-caps">Tags</span>
950							<a href="https://www.mecep.org/tag/health-care/" rel="tag">Health Care</a>, <a href="https://www.mecep.org/tag/medicaid/" rel="tag">Medicaid</a>						</div>
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