by Mary-Erin Casale | Mar 21, 2020 | Health Care, Maine Legislature, Uncategorized
AUGUSTA — Earlier this week, Gov. Janet T. Mills signed three of the Legislative Democrats’ Patients First bills into law. The new laws from Speaker Sara Gideon, D-Freeport, and Sen. Ned Claxton, D-Auburn, will protect Mainers from abusive billing, surprise emergency...
by Mary-Erin Casale | Mar 12, 2020 | Health Care, Maine Legislature
AUGUSTA – Today, Gov. Janet T. Mills declared an insurance emergency following the first presumptive positive case of the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in Maine. Presiding Officers Senate President Troy Jackson, D-Allagash, and House Speaker Sara Gideon,...
by Mary-Erin Casale | Feb 27, 2020 | Health Care, Maine Legislature
AUGUSTA – Speaker Sara Gideon today presented a LD 2096 – “An Act To Save Lives by Capping the Out-of-pocket Cost of Certain Medications” before the Legislature’s Committee on Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services. Speaker Gideon’s...
by Mary-Erin Casale | Feb 27, 2020 | Health Care, Maine Legislature
AUGUSTA – Speaker Sara Gideon today presented LD 2105 – An Act To Protect Consumers from Surprise Emergency Medical Bills. This bill amends Maine’s existing law providing consumer protection for surprise medical bills to include surprise bills for emergency...
by Mary-Erin Casale | Feb 13, 2020 | Health Care, Maine Legislature, Women's Issues
AUGUSTA – Speaker Sara Gideon today presented a LD 1613, “An Act Regarding Women’s Health and Economic Security,” before the Legislature’s Committee on Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services. Due to the withdrawal of statewide grantee Maine...
by Mary-Erin Casale | Jan 22, 2020 | Health Care, Women's Issues
“Today, we remember and restate the guiding principle behind the landmark Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision: every person should be able to make their own choices about their bodies and their health. Despite this being the law for more than four decades, the rights...
