Maine AllCare News Archives - Page 2 of 16

Updates on LD 590 and other Maine bills

May 11, 2023

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On May 9, 2023, the Joint Standing Committee for Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services of the Maine Legislature held a public hearing on a slate of bills related to health care reform. We have . . . read more »

Report on April 23 statewide meeting

May 11, 2023

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It was great to see people’s faces, hear their questions and comments, and feel the energy they brought to our first statewide, virtual meeting on April 23. If you weren’t able to attend, below you’ll . . . read more »

Call to Action: Testify for the right to health care for Maine

May 6, 2023

This winter, Maine Senator Craig Hickman introduced a bill that would begin the process of adding a right to health care to Maine’s constitution. The resolution (LD 590) is co-sponsored by Senate President Troy Jackson, . . . read more »

April 2023 Newsletter: How our system hurts medical workers and how universal health care could help

April 21, 2023

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Between a rock and a hard place Burnout, workforce distress, moral injury: These terms have different shades of meaning but all point to a growing crisis in medical workers, many of whom are experiencing exhaustion, . . . read more »

Join us April 23! Maine AllCare statewide virtual meeting

April 13, 2023

To better stay in touch and work together, we’re experimenting with a statewide, virtual meeting for Maine AllCare supporters and people who want to learn more and get involved. There will be updates on MAC . . . read more »

Call to Action: Help Stop REACH and protect Medicare

April 7, 2023

Improved Medicare for All is one way to reach our goal of health care for everyone in Maine—Everybody In, Nobody Out. But efforts to privatize original Medicare, including through ACO REACH, threaten the existence of . . . read more »

March 2023 Newsletter

March 29, 2023

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Rural health care: Essential and at risk Maine is the most rural state in the nation. Almost two-thirds of Maine residents live in rural areas, and 11 of 16 counties are considered rural, according to . . . read more »

The Power of Experience: Volunteer Susan Sassaman

March 23, 2023

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If you’ve requested a Maine AllCare bumper sticker in the past year, or Clynk stickers for donating returnables to support MAC, you can thank Susan Sassaman for the neat little packages that have shown up . . . read more »

February 2023 Newsletter

February 28, 2023

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Racial Justice and Universal Health Care “We have a long way to go to eliminate the racial inequities in health care. But a necessary first step is comprehensive coverage for everybody in the U.S., regardless of . . . read more »

Universal health care and racial justice

February 23, 2023

The history of health care in the United States, and our decades-long quest for universal health care, are intertwined with racial justice. This February we explore where we are, where we’ve been, and how we . . . read more »