Volunteers Needed for the Common Ground Fair, September 25-27
The Common Ground Country Fair is just around the corner, and we’re looking for volunteers to help staff the Maine AllCare booth!
Whether you’re a longtime supporter or new to Maine AllCare, we’d love your help. Volunteers will greet visitors, answer basic questions, distribute materials, and help spread the word about our mission. No special expertise is required, and we’ll make sure you have the information and support you need, including a ticket to the Fair.
To sign up for a volunteer shift at the fair, please complete our volunteer form: https://forms.gle/HbwAA1eQjmyTL9ed7
Already signed up? Stay tuned for more details and thank you for donating your time!
Can’t make it that weekend but want to volunteer on another date? Our sister organization, HealthCare for All Maine, is busy gathering signatures to get the Resolve on the November 2027 ballot. Sign up to volunteer HERE with the HealthCare for All Maine signature gathering effort.
MAC photo – CommonGround Fair 2025 with volunteers Lynn, Louise and Noreen
Sign up to be a Community Advocate for the 2027 legislative session!
Maine AllCare is working on our legislative strategy for 2027, including introducing a bill that would set up the governance structure (i.e. a health care planning board) necessary for publicly funded universal healthcare coverage in Maine. Once the next legislative session begins, we will need as many voices as possible to reach out to their state legislators about the bill and the importance of a universal healthcare solution for all Mainers.
Sign up here to be part of our growing community of supporters: https://forms.gle/WP7NUtVW7MR2s4YJ6
There is no minimum requirement or commitment. As our advocates database gets created, we will be reaching out to you with information updates, advocacy messages, calls for action and status reports.
Medicare for All
On the 61st Anniversary of Medicare, Maine AllCare was part of a delegation visiting Rep. Chellie Pingree’s office in Portland, thanking the Congresswoman for her support for Medicare for All. We presented Rep. Pingree’s staff with a copy of the open letter, signed by 335+ national organizations, making the case that now is the time for Medicare for All. The delegation represented several of the eleven Maine organizations, including Maine AllCare, that were co-signers of the letter.
Dr. Julie Pease (in dark blue) representing Maine AllCare
Honoring Maine AllCare’s Roots
We are saddened to announce the passing of one of Maine AllCare’s founders, Charlie Priest. Charlie served 14 years in the Maine House of Representatives and ran a law practice in Augusta. He was passionate about universal healthcare, and introduced a number of single-payer bills in Maine. In 2010, his work became the inspiration for the formation of Maine AllCare. Charlie was one of our founding members, and served on the Maine AllCare board from 2010 to 2016. Read more about Rep. Priest and the early years of Maine AllCare HERE and in his obituary.
MAC photo – Maine AllCare Board in 2014: (back row) John Newton and Alice Knapp, (2nd row) The Rev. Dr. Suzanne Roberts, Beth Franklin, (center left) Jim Perley and Rep. Charlie Priest, (front left to right) state Senator Geoff Gratwick, Karen Foster, Dr. Julie Pease and Dr. Phil Caper (not pictured, founding member Joe Lendvai)
What We’re Reading
- Universal Health Coverage Could Save $1 Trillion and 114,000 Lives Every Year, Yale Study Projects
- Medicaid cuts put rural hospitals and economies at risk – MECEP
- How The Rural Maternity Care Crisis Is Hitting One Hospital
Your Voices
Thank you to all who volunteer their time in writing letters to the editors, op-eds, and testimony in support of publicly funded universal health care.
Our Board Member Michael Bacon leads a Letter to the Editor writing team. Email us at info@maineallcare.org if you’d like to join or just want help writing your own!
Recent letters by us, volunteers, and community members include:
- Group Revives Push for Universal Healthcare – Maine AllCare
- Maine petition aims to put universal healthcare on 2027 ballot – Maine Beacon – Maine AllCare
- Birthing center closure a slap in the face to elected leaders | Douglas Rooks
- Universal healthcare is a no-brainer | Letter
- We need and deserve universal healthcare
- The Legacy of Tommy Douglas – Maine AllCare
Thank you for supporting our work towards healthcare for all Mainers!
To donate go to Donate – Maine AllCare
Recycle to support our work
Clynk is a simple way to support Maine AllCare’s work—just fill up a Clynk bag with your returnable bottles and cans, put on a MAC sticker, and drop them off at a nearby Hannaford store.
Clynk bags are available at participating Hannaford stores for a small fee. To get MAC stickers, contact us and we’ll put them in the mail to you.
Our Mission
Maine AllCare promotes the establishment of publicly funded health care coverage for all Maine residents.
This system must be efficient, financially sound, politically sustainable, and must provide benefits fairly distributed to all.
We advocate that health care, a basic necessity, be treated as a public good, since it is fundamental to our well-being as individuals and as a democratic nation.