Maine AllCare News

January 2021 News: GoFundMe Is Not a Healthcare System

January 17, 2021

Most likely you’ve seen pleas for financial help with medical expenses on sites like GoFundMe–maybe you’ve donated, or started a fundraising campaign yourself. In a way they’re the online equivalent of the jars on the . . . read more »

December 2020 News: Getting Universal Healthcare on the Ballot

December 15, 2020

Maine AllCare recently announced the formation of Maine Healthcare Action, a 501(c)4 organization focused on getting universal healthcare on the ballot in Maine. Maine Healthcare Action has launched a campaign to get an initiative on . . . read more »

Speaking up for the people: Orono town council passes resolution for universal healthcare

December 12, 2020

Kathryn Bourgoin, MD, began her presentation to the Orono town council for a resolution in support of universal healthcare with a quote from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: “Of all the forms of inequality, injustice . . . read more »

Maine AllCare announces campaign to put universal healthcare on the ballot

November 20, 2020

Today’s issue of the Maine Beacon discusses the launch of the universal healthcare ballot initiative: “With many Mainers going without health insurance and an unemployment crisis throwing even more off their plans during a pandemic, . . . read more »

A Community that Cares: personal stories in support of universal healthcare

November 18, 2020

The Greater Brunswick Area Chapter of Maine AllCare has put together a short video featuring several area citizens who share their compelling personal stories, explaining why they favor publicly funded, comprehensive, birth-to-death universal health care . . . read more »

November News – What about a public option?

November 15, 2020

Now that the election is over, we can look ahead to what may be possible for healthcare reform on the national level–and how federal changes could affect our work toward universal healthcare for Maine. President-elect . . . 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 »