Maine AllCare News

The latest news from Maine AllCare

March 21, 2025

Maine is facing a health care crisis. Maine hospitals are facing cuts in Medicaid payments. Thousands of Mainers are facing the loss of MaineCare coverage. Thousands more Mainers, including many with health insurance, are facing . . . read more »

A Call to Action for all of our supporters

February 22, 2025

Join us in Augusta to Testify for the All Maine Health Program & more! Despite the proposed constraints in the state budget and the retrenchment in social programs, Maine AllCare believes that Maine must move . . . read more »

It’s time Maine began to ask who should own our hospitals.

February 20, 2025

For Immediate Release by Marie Follaytar, for Maine AllCare Maine can’t afford private equity “investment” in our health care systems Across the country we are encountering a growing healthcare crisis, as the mismanagement of private . . . read more »

Our January 2025 Newsletter

January 27, 2025

January 2025 Maine AllCare News Affordable & Comprehensive Healthcare for All Mainers Maine AllCare has unveiled its proposal for the All Maine Health Program (AMHP), outlining a publicly funded health care plan designed to benefit . . . read more »

Avoiding Private Equity Takeover of Maine Hospitals

January 21, 2025

Dr. Geoff Gratwick, former state senator and former board member of Maine AllCare, has formed a work group to study the ways to avoid private equity takeover of hospitals in Maine. His concern about the . . . read more »

Affordable and Comprehensive Healthcare for All Mainers

January 20, 2025

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 . . . read more »

Health Care in America: A Crisis of Greed, Inequity and Lost Humanity

December 18, 2024

Universal health care must be considered as a part of the discussion in seeking solutions to our current systemic health care problems An essay by Richard Evans, MD As a physician, I have always believed . . . read more »

Maine AllCare’s analysis of recent Press Herald op-eds

December 15, 2024

There have been two recent op-eds in the PPH recently that deserve comment. The first,  “A grim reminder of the health insurance industry’s human cost”, is written by Dr. Jeffrey Barkin.  Dr. Barkin has the . . . read more »

Please support Maine AllCare’s work in 2025 and beyond

December 12, 2024

Dear friends and supporters, These are uncertain times for the future of health care.  We need your support now more than ever. We can expect attempts by the new administration and Congress to roll back . . . read more »

Our Year in Review

December 3, 2024

As we approach the end of 2024, we look back on our activities of the past year, while planning for another year of education and advocacy for health care for everyone in Maine. Here is . . . read more »