30,000 Low-Income
Working Families are in Danger of Losing Their
Health Insurance and Other Critical Aid if
Governor LePage's
Proposed Budget
Passes the Legislature
Senate and House
Leadership of BOTH Parties and the Members
of the Joint Committee on Appropriations and
Financial Affairs NEED to Hear From
YOU.
The time to act is now with
Appropriations working on the budget as you read
this. Please call the State House and leave
a message objecting to the proposed
cuts.
Need help finding your
legislator? Please click here.
The members of the
Appropriations Committee can be found here.
The LePage budget
would:
Make Cuts to
the MaineCare Program
- The
Governor proposes eliminating eligibility for
parents enrolled in MaineCare from 200% to 133%
of the federal poverty level (FPL).
- It
eliminates MaineCare coverage for adults without
children living under the FPL.
- The
budget would also eliminate or substantially
reduce assistance for Medicare Part B premiums,
Part D premiums, certain copayments and
deductibles; and coverage through the "donut
hole" for certain seniors and people with
disabilities.
- Proposes
doubling the time period allowed to determine a
disability for MaineCare from 45 days to 90
days.
Make Further
Cuts to Other Health Care Coverage
Options
- The
proposed budget would reduce funding for
DirigoChoice subsidies, the MaineCare parents
covered by Dirigo, administration of the
program, and the Maine Quality Forum.
For
more information about these cuts and ones made to
TANF and the GA Program, please visit our friends
at Maine Equal Justice
Partners.
