Maine AllCare News

Health Care Voters Guide

October 18, 2020

Every election season, candidates up and down the ballot offer up health plans to fix what most everybody agrees is a broken system. But how do these plans, slogans, and promises measure up? Visit PNHP’s . . . read more »

Please VOTE

October 15, 2020

With so much at stake in the 2020 election, we’re pausing our regular news to send one message this month: Please vote. Help others to vote. Help to protect the integrity of the election. Voting . . . 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 »

August 2020 News – On racism and healthcare

August 18, 2020

This month we've chosen to focus the newsletter on racism and healthcare, in addition to some pieces of opinion and news from Maine and beyond. It is past time to recognize the ways that racism . . . read more »

Brunswick council unanimous in support of equitable healthcare resolution

August 6, 2020

Brunswick – August 3, 2020 Let’s chalk up another another step on the road to establishing universal healthcare here in Maine. On Monday, August 3rd the Brunswick Town Council voted unanimously for a “Resolution Supporting . . . read more »

Brunswick council unanimous in support of equitable healthcare resolution

August 3, 2020

Let’s chalk up another another step on the road to establishing universal healthcare here in Maine. On Monday, August 3rd the Brunswick Town Council voted unanimously for a “Resolution Supporting Equitable Health Care for All . . . read more »

July News: The greatest health insurance enrollment losses in history, and more

July 18, 2020

Our current system has allowed the greatest health insurance enrollment losses in history According to a new report from FamiliesUSA, more than 5.4 million Americans lost health insurance between February and May due to job . . . read more »

Study shows that a state-level universal healthcare plan would fully cover all Maine residents and save $1.5 billion annually

July 10, 2020

Economic Impacts of a Healthcare Plan to Cover All Maine Residents In 2018, Maine AllCare contracted with the Maine Center for Economic Policy (MECEP) to conduct a study of the costs and economic impacts of . . . read more »

May/June 2020 News

June 17, 2020

Town Resolves asking legislature to act on healthcare pass in Bangor, Blue Hill, and Penobscot In February and March 2020, the municipalities of Bangor, Blue Hill, and Penobscot approved resolves that request the Maine Legislature . . . read more »

April News: COVID-19 hits home

May 6, 2020

COVID-19 hits home Recently our Field Director, Abbie Ryder, experienced what is presumed to have been COVID-19. Her harrowing experience shows how serious COVID-19 is, right here in Maine, and cuts right to the heart . . . read more »