A lot of attention has been given to the governor’s proposed cuts to MaineCare. There is one area of cuts that will actually cost taxpayers much more in the long run. Targeted case managers are available to a very limited number of MaineCare recipients. I have been blessed beyond measure because one has been provided […]
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J. Lagrange: Unfair to target the old, disabled
I am responding to Gov. Paul LePage’s proposed budget cuts, which includes 30 program cuts like Section 8, MaineCare, food stamps, and so on. If the governor passes a bill to cut the programs, there will be a statewide panic which will lead to higher crime, higher death rates and more homeless people. I think […]
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D. Mitchell: Governor’s cuts hurt cancer patients
Recently, Gov. Paul LePage released a budget proposal that includes drastic cuts to Medicaid. Not only would 65,000 Mainers lose coverage under his plan, but thousands of people with cancer would see their coverage completely eliminated. That makes me sick. Others, who would remain on Medicaid, would have their cancer prevention, treatment and services severely […]
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Childless adults tell of dire circumstances loss of MaineCare would cause
“If I lose my MaineCare, that’s it,” she said. “I’m on oxygen, I’ll have no way to get my oxygen, no way to get my medications, no way to go to the doctor.” Bouchard is one of about 19,000 childless adults who are slated to lose MaineCare coverage under the proposal. Known as “noncategoricals,” they […]
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LePage stands by MaineCare cuts, asks to oversee MaineHousing
AUGUSTA, Maine — Gov. Paul LePage reiterated the need for a sweeping overhaul of MaineCare at the State House on Thursday, while elsewhere in the building scores of opponents testified before lawmakers for a second day. At a public hearing on the governor’s proposed cuts to MaineCare, many spoke out against planned funding rollbacks for […]
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C. Therriault: Lack of compassion
The column (Dec. 11) by Scott Lansley, a Sabattus selectman, made me ashamed to live in Sabattus. He favors severe cutbacks to MaineCare. Some of his words just blew me away: “My suggestion to you folks (MaineCare recipients)” is to “suck it up, get a job or move on to a state that will allow […]
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Demonstrators rally against DHHS cuts
AUGUSTA (AP) — Several hundred demonstrators gathered in a show of force as the Maine Legislature launched hearings into Gov. Paul LePage’s proposal to cut Medicaid to shore up a projected $221 million budget shortfall. One of the speakers, Auburn resident Rich Livingston representing AARP, said Wednesday that the governor’s proposed cuts would destroy the […]
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P. Pulkkinen: The state must do better
Clearly, the status of state government finances is dire. One only has to look at the news about proposed state budget cuts. They are nothing short of devastating. Take, for example, the Medicare Savings Program. More than $12 million could be cut from the Fund for Healthy Maine, eliminating the benefit and payment of Medicare […]
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Baldacci staffer to LePage: Don’t blame us
AUGUSTA — Yes, the rolls have grown, and David Farmer says Maine’s healthier for it. Farmer, former deputy chief of staff for Gov. John Baldacci and now a political media consultant, was in Augusta on Wednesday helping to organize a rally that took issue with Gov. Paul LePage’s proposal to trim MaineCare. LePage has complained, […]
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MaineCare cut would result in phony savings
Message to governor: A budget cut is not a cut if taxpayers end up paying the bill, anyway. And that, we fear, would be the result of Gov. Paul LePage’s plan to remove as many as 30,000 adults from the state’s Medicaid program. This is a new budget cut the governor is proposing to deal […]