News

Our health care system is broken and we need fundamental change

May 3, 2022

Our health care system is broken and we need fundamental change As a Mainer, a physician and a Maine AllCare board member, I was disappointed to learn that Maine Health Care Action will be unable . . . read more »

Maine AllCare testifies on Maine Health-Anthem dispute

April 30, 2022

The Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services Committee examined the issues underlying the dispute between Maine Health and Anthem. Maine AllCare’s board chair Karen Foster testified on behalf of Maine AllCare. Read Maine AllCare’s testimony . . . read more »

No more networks, no more tinkering: Maine needs fundamental healthcare system change

April 11, 2022

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Portland, Maine If Maine Medical Center drops out of Anthem’s coverage network because they could not negotiate agreeable terms, as announced last week, it will be patients who suffer. People who have . . . 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 »

March 2022 Newsletter

March 4, 2022

What happened in California? On January 31, the California Guaranteed Health Care for All Act, also known as CalCare (AB 1400), was pulled by its primary author, Ash Kalra, just before the Assembly floor vote. Like . . . read more »

January 2022 News

January 31, 2022

Welcome new board members and president The Maine AllCare Board of Directors welcomed two new members in late 2021, Chloe Maxmin and Ted Sussman. Karen Foster, one of MAC’s founders, stepped into the role of . . . read more »

University abandons students’ health care needs

January 18, 2022

Financially strapped students can no longer get coverage through the university system, leaving many in the lurch. By Isabel Ruffin – Special to the Portland Press Herald https://www.pressherald.com/2022/01/17/maine-voices-university-abandons-students-health-care-needs/ There is already substantial blood on the . . . read more »

Help push Maine universal healthcare resolve over the finish line

December 15, 2021

Another letter to the editor in support of universal healthcare and the resolve. Portland Press Herald, December 15, 2021 A campaign is underway, organized by Maine Healthcare Action, to place a resolve on next year’s . . . read more »

Autumn newsletter 2021

November 30, 2021

Universal healthcare on the agenda at Maine Medical Association 2021 annual meeting Support from physicians is critical in advancing the cause of universal healthcare in Maine. When the Maine Medical Association met for their annual . . . read more »

Observations on inequality and inequity in our healthcare system

November 21, 2021

In September, I presented a resolution to the 2021 Maine Medical Association’s General Assembly, urging support for “the establishment of an equitable, sustainable, comprehensive, affordable, high-quality, publicly-funded universal health care system at the national level, . . . read more »