by Mary-Erin Casale | Mar 22, 2020 | Maine Legislature
Here’s the latest message sent to Speaker Gideon’s email list: Dear Friend – On Tuesday in the Maine State Legislature, my colleagues and I took decisive action to protect the health and financial security of Maine’s working families during...
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 16, 2020 | Maine Legislature
AUGUSTA – Governor Janet Mills signed a proclamation of civil emergency to further protect public health in response to the continued spread of novel coronavirus, or COVID-19. Earlier today, the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention announced that...
by Mary-Erin Casale | Mar 14, 2020 | Maine Legislature
AUGUSTA – Senate President Troy Jackson, D-Allagash, House Speaker Sara Gideon, D-Freeport, Senate Minority Leader, Dana Dow, R- Waldoboro, and House Minority Leader Kathleen Dillingham, R-Oxford, have proposed an accelerated timeline to complete legislative...
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...
