Maine AllCare has unveiled its proposal for the All Maine Health Program (AMHP), outlining a universal, publicly funded health care plan designed to benefit all Maine residents.

“Our current health care system is complicated and inefficient, costs too much, and leaves many uninsured or unable to get the care they need,” said Dr. Daniel Bryant, a member of the Maine AllCare Policy Committee. “If adopted, the All Maine Health Program would go a long way toward correcting these problems.”
Developed after extensive review of other similar proposals across the country, the AMHP proposes a publicly funded, privately provided healthcare system that ensures affordable, comprehensive, and equitable healthcare for all Maine residents.
Key features of the AMHP include:
- Coverage for all necessary care, including dental, vision, hearing, mental health, chemical dependency treatment, prescription drugs, medical equipment and supplies, and hospital and home care.
- Patient choice of providers and efforts to increase the professional workforce for timely access to care.
- Reduction of individual healthcare costs by cutting administrative bureaucracy, not by restricting or denying care.
- A simplified funding and payment system with adequate and timely negotiated payments to care providers.
- Premiums based on the ability to pay and elimination of cost-sharing.
Maine AllCare is meeting with legislators to propose the AMHP as legislation and to study its financial implications.