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Join us April 23! Maine AllCare statewide virtual meeting

April 13, 2023

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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 »

Welcome Maine AllCare’s newest board member

January 30, 2023

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David Jolly spent his career in public health and education and brings that experience, as well as a long-held interest in health care access, as a chapter volunteer and now board member with Maine AllCare. . . . read more »

Maine Healthcare Action announces suspension of universal healthcare ballot measure effort

April 9, 2022

After careful consideration, Maine Healthcare Action has decided to suspend its campaign to put Universal Healthcare on the ballot. “We have calculated we will be unable to meet our signature goal by the June deadline,” . . . read more »

Mirror, Mirror 2021: Reflecting Poorly

September 20, 2021

September 2021 Newsletter Health Care in the U.S. Compared to Other High Income Countries The Commonwealth Fund has released a report comparing and analyzing the the performance of health care systems of 11 high-income countries. Key . . . read more »

September News: Freedom and Choice in American Healthcare

September 16, 2020

One of the arguments often heard against universal healthcare in America is that it would restrict our freedom and choice. But how much freedom, and what real choices, do we have in our current healthcare . . . read more »

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