Healthcare Research
"Federal Budget - Outlook and Options for Reform"
Date: March 18, 2010Author: Mr. James Capretta
"Federal Budget - Outlook and Options for Reform"
See This ResultThe Senate Bill: HR 3590 "The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act"
Date: December 1, 2009Author: United States Senate
The Senate Bill, at 2,074 pages, is even longer than the House Bill. It contains more controls, regulations, new taxes and expanded
See This ResultRepublican Summary: Senate Health Reform Bill, HR 3590
Date: December 1, 2009Author: Senate Republicans
This brief document highlights some key areas of significance to Republicans in the Senate Health Reform bill
See This ResultDemocrat Summary: Senate Health Reform Bill, HR 3590
Date: December 1, 2009Author: Senate Democrats
This brief document highlights some key areas of significance to Democrats in the Senate Health Reform bill
See This ResultNYTimes: Maine Finds a Health Care Fix Elusive
Date: November 19, 2009Author: Gardiner Harris
NYTimes: Maine Finds a Health Care Fix Elusive
See This ResultHR3962: A BILL To provide affordable, quality health care for all Americans and reduce the growth in health care spending, and for other purposes.
Date: October 30, 2009Author: US House of Representatives
With it's deceptive title, this bill is a takeover America's health care system. The last part is quite revealing:
See This ResultHR3962 Complete Summary
Date: October 30, 2009Author: US House of Representatives
HR3962 is the complicated, far-reaching plan for a complete government takeover of the health care system. This Summary is 1,979 pages shorter!
See This ResultFive Questions For Secretary Kathleen Sebelius
Date: September 3, 2009Author: The Maine Heritage Policy Center
Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius was in Maine to get "input" from a few groups of people who already support the...
See This ResultMainers Face Higher IncomeTaxes Than Canada, France and Italy with Proposed Health Care Surtax
Date: August 17, 2009Author: J. Scott Moody
The proposed Income Tax surcharges to fund government-run health care would mean higher taxes for some Maine taxpayers than many "socialist"...
See This ResultAnalysis of the Draft of the American Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009 for Maine
Date: July 28, 2009Author: The Lewin Group
The impact of the national health reform bill being discussed in Congress now (HR 3200) would have a huge negative impact on the insurance choices...
See This ResultIt's Just That Simple!
Date: July 16, 2009Author: US House of Representatives
The latest health care "reform" plan from Washington is illustrated in this flow chart.
The idea is to simplify things, right?
A Series of Unfortunate Events: Dirigo - Maine's "Public Option" Is a Costly Failure
Date: July 1, 2009Author: Tarren Bragdon
As legislators in Washington consider a "Public Option" health plan, run by the government in competition with private companies, they would be...
See This ResultA Series of Unfortunate Events: Maine's Failed Experiments with Big Government Health Insurance
Date: June 17, 2009Author: Tarren Bragdon and Martin Sheehan
As health care reform is being debated across America, Maine provides outstanding experience with Community Rating, Guaranteed Issue and a "Public...
See This ResultA Series of Unfortunate Events: Maine's Medicaid program's costs... result in health care rationing
Date: June 16, 2009Author: Tarren Bragdon and Stephen Bowen
Maine's expansion of Medicaid has put the state in the #1 position for enrollment, with 23% of the population on this tax-funded health plan. ...
See This ResultTarren Bragdon Testimony at Senator Olympia Snowe's Health Care Reform Listening Session
Date: April 8, 2009Author: Tarren Bragdon
Tarren Bragdon, chief executive officer of The Maine Heritage Policy Center, was invited to testify before a session seeking input on national Health...
See This ResultPresention: Fiscal Sanity Solutions
Date: March 20, 2009Author: Tarren Bragdon and Steve Bowen
In closing the Fiscal Sanity Tour, here are a number of Solutions!
This presentation by Tarren Bragdon and Steve Bowen reflects the massive...
Testimony in Support of LD 290 - An Act to Allow ME Residents to Buy Health Insurance Out of State
Date: March 16, 2009Author: Tarren Bragdon
Testimony in support of LD 290, which will enable Maine people to purchase affordable health insurance plans from other states. Too many intrusive...
See This ResultTame The Medicaid Monster
Date: March 5, 2009Author: Tarren Bragdon
As part of the Fiscal Sanity Tour, this presentation reviews policy changes that will increase Maine people's private health insurance choices. ...
See This ResultFISCAL SANITY Slide Presentation
Date: January 26, 2009Author: J. Scott Moody and Steve Bowen
These are the slides from the Portland Fiscal Sanity Tour Presentation by J. Scott Moody and Steve Bowen of The Maine Heritage Policy Center.
They...
FISCAL SANITY Issue Three: Where The Money Is: Top 40 Fastest-Growing Maine Programs
Date: January 8, 2009Author: Stephen Bowen
As Maine's overspending threatens to pass $840 million in the next two-year budget, analysis by The Maine Heritage Policy Center idenifies a Top 40...
See This ResultDirigo - More Costly and Less Effective than Ever
Date: June 25, 2008Author: Tarren Bragdon
The Dirigo Health program is a costly failure. The recent $57 - $72 million in tax increases to prop up Dirigo are a step in the wrong direction for...
See This Result$217 Million in Reasonable Spending Cuts To Close Budget Gap
Date: March 12, 2008Author: Stephen Bowen, Tarren Bragdon, Scott Moody
Facing a $190 million budget shortfall, The Maine Heritage Policy Center identifies $217 million in reasonable budget cuts that maintain services for...
See This ResultTransparency - Shedding Light on Government Activities I: How Will Maine Afford Retiree Health Care Benefits for State Employees and Public School Teachers?
Date: March 6, 2008Author: J. Scott Moody
The best solution for Maine Taxpayers would be to reduce the promised level of retiree health benefits - a necessary step that many states have...
See This ResultMaine's Choice: Have Medicaid Take Care of the Truly Vulnerable or Give Away Medicaid to the Middle
Date: February 25, 2008Author: Tarren Bragdon
Governor Baldacci admits that Maine's Medicaid program is the most expensive in America, yet there is little momentum to concentrate this free...
See This ResultMaine Medicaid Check Up Series Part III: Non-Elderly Adult Medicaid Spending
Date: December 7, 2007Author: Tarren Bragdon
Maine's Medicaid spending on non-disabled adults is one of the factors that add up to Maine Taxpayers funding the most expensive Medicaid program in...
See This ResultAn Act to Expand Affordable Health Insurance Choices in Maine
Date: October 9, 2007Author: The Maine Heritage Policy Center
This model legislation addresses the high cost of health insurance by allowing Maine people to buy coverage from authorized insurance carriers in any...
See This ResultAffordability, Accessibility or Priority? Defining and Understanding Maine's Uninsured
Date: August 28, 2007Author: Tarren Bragdon
In summary, Maine's uninsured are young, healthy, and/or without dependent children. They are a good insurance risk, but priced out of the market...
See This ResultGovernor Job Bush: A Record of Leadership and Policy Accomplishment
Date: August 16, 2007Author: Steve Bowen, Tarren Bragdon, Jason Fortin and J. Scott Moody
Governor Jeb Bush, featured speaker at the 2007 Freedom and Opportunity Luncheon, was a popular, effective governor in Florida. His reforms to...
See This ResultMaine's Near-Universal Coverage for Children Makes SCHIP Expansion Unnecessary
Date: July 17, 2007Author: Tarren Bragdon and J. Scott Moody
Maine's heavy restrictions on private insurance coverage increases the cost for all families - which causes the state to spend more than necessary...
See This ResultMaine Medicaid Check Up Series Part II: Child Medicaid Spending
Date: April 5, 2007Author: Tarren Bragdon
Maine Medicaid is a critical, but must too costly, health care safety net for lower income Maine children. Through cost effective reforms, we can...
See This ResultHealth Savings Accounts: What they are, how they work and why they are good for Maine
Date: May 22, 2006Author: Tarren Bragdon
Health Savings Accounts provide an affordable health insurance option that works well for most, if not all, Maine individuals and families - young or...
See This ResultThe Savings Offset Payment: Dirigo Health's Questionable Funding Strategy
Date: March 7, 2006Author: Tarren Bragdon
The Savings Offset Payment is nothing more than an added tax on people with health insurance to fund the Dirigo plan. These "savings" are nearly...
See This ResultEight Challenges for Dirigo Health in 2006
Date: January 30, 2006Author: Tarren Bragdon
Dirigo Health is a failure. Enrollment is low, costs are high, the funding is controversial, hard to prove and quite unstable - and Dirigo hardly...
See This ResultSome Interesting Facts About Health Savings Accounts
Date: April 1, 2005Author: Tarren Bragdon
Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) coupled with a high-deductible health insurance plan offer affordable health insurance coverage for Maine people. ...
See This ResultBuyer Beware! Considerations for Small Businesses Examining Gov Baldacci's DirigoChoice Health Plan
Date: February 1, 2005Author: Tarren Bragdon
DirigoHealth is a complex, expensive way for employers to offer health coverage for employees. Income verification forms and employee premiums and...
See This ResultDirigo Health: Higher Costs, Reduced Benefits
Date: April 1, 2004Author: Tarren Bragdon
DirigoHealth is a year old, and the enrollment is already falling due to the complexity, the rich benefits, the high costs, the uncertain funding,...
See This ResultCanadian Health Care NOT a Model for Maine
Date: October 1, 2003Author: Tarren Bragdon
Some in Maine want a "Single-Payer" health care system, believing that a taxpayer funded, government managed system will improve outcomes and lower...
See This ResultAn Overview of Dirigo Health
Date: February 1, 2003Author: Tarren Bragdon
This is an interesting Time Capsule look at Dirigo at its inception in 2003. Mr. Bragdon pointed out some flaws in the plan design, funding, premium...
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