Maine AllCare News

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 »

Debunking the myths about the presumed cost of universal health care

September 30, 2024

Dr. Daniel Bryant is a retired internal medicine physician. In addition to his clinical expertise, Dr. Bryant has studied health care policy extensively throughout his medical career. He recently published an article in the Maine . . . read more »

Volunteer with us at Common Ground Fair!

August 23, 2024

We are excited to be back at the Common Ground Country Fair this year, September 20-22! We’ll have a table in the Social and Political Action tent and will also give a talk at 2 . . . read more »

Surry passes universal health care resolve

August 1, 2024

On June 11, voters in Surry endorsed a resolve in support of universal health care, by an 18% margin. The ballot question and vote count was: “Shall the citizens of Surry call on the Maine . . . read more »

Op-Ed: Sounding alarm about our health care system

April 8, 2024

“Squeezing every drop from professionals and patients drives good profits but worsens care.” In an op-ed at Seacoast Online, Dr. Patty Hymanson, a neurologist and former Maine state representative, shares how increasing pressure to increase . . . read more »