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Whether itâs a joyous occasion such as the birth of […]</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 âconfirms my reinsurance bill & Alexander-Murray proposal would reduce health insurance premiums by 18% in 2019.â
836</p> 837 </a> 838 </div> 839 <div class="side-meta"> 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="" /> 850 </div> 851 </article> 852 <article class="post no-image"> 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 âfixâ 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 […]</p> 858 </a> 859 </div> 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> 870 <img src="" /> 871 </div> 872 </article> 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 Wonât 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 Maineâs Senator Susan Collins. These proposals will not […]</p> 879 </a> 880 </div> 881 <div class="side-meta"> 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> 891 <img src="" /> 892 </div> 893 </article> 894 <article class="post no-image"> 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 ACAâs Individual Mandate Would Leave an Additional 50,000 Mainers without Health Insurance</h1> 899 <p>US Senate Republicansâ proposal to reduce access to health care in order to pay for additional tax cuts for the wealthy, large corporations, and foreign investors would […]</p> 900 </a> 901 </div> 902 <div class="side-meta"> 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="" /> 913 </div> 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 “yes” on question 2, to expand Medicaid eligibility. MECEP has previously reported on the many benefits of […]</p> 921 </a> 922 </div> 923 <div class="side-meta"> 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="" /> 931 </div> 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> 939 </a> 940 </div> 941 <div class="side-meta"> 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> 944 </a> 945 <div class="date"> 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> 951 <img src="" /> 952 </div> 953 </article> 954 </div> 955 </div> 956 957 958 <nav class="pagination" role="navigation"> 959 <div class="nav-previous"><a href="https://www.mecep.org/category/health-care/page/2/" ><span class="meta-nav">←</span> older</a></div> 960 <div class="nav-next"></div> 961 </nav> 962 </main> 963 <footer data-elementor-type="footer" data-elementor-id="13023" class="elementor elementor-13023 elementor-location-footer" data-elementor-post-type="elementor_library"> 964 <section class="elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9698adb elementor-section-content-mid
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