by Mary-Erin Casale | Jun 29, 2020 | Health Care, Women's Issues
AUGUSTA, ME – Speaker Sara Gideon released the following statement after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a 5-4 decision that June Medical Services v. Russo, Louisiana’s abortion admitting privileges law, is unconstitutional: “Today, the Supreme Court upheld the...
by Mary-Erin Casale | May 4, 2020 | COVID19, Health Care
Speaker Sara Gideon and Senate President Jackson issued a letter to the United States Small Business Administration urging them make a change to the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) that would help rural hospitals. Current PPP program guidance makes ineligible for...
by Mary-Erin Casale | Apr 15, 2020 | COVID19, Health Care
Health Care Please note this information was posted on April 15, 2020 and is subject to change if there is updated guidance. Many Mainers are not just concerned about their economic health, but their own personal physical and mental health and well-being. Every single...
by Mary-Erin Casale | Apr 2, 2020 | Health Care
On Wednesday, Senate President Troy Jackson, D-Allagash, House Speaker Sara Gideon, D-Freeport, and a majority of Legislative Democrats sent a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar calling for a special enrollment period during the COVID19 pandemic....
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,...