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Help us win Universal Single-Payer Health Care for Maine!
We have kicked off a major campaign to push for a universal single-payer plan for Maine within the next three years.
A key part of the campaign is a petition drive to identify supporters, with the goal of identifying 15,000 supporters in the fall of 2007 alone, and thousands more throughout 2008, 2009, and 2010.
Kicking off our biggest push for universal healthcare in recent history is going to take more people-power than ever. Right now we are asking volunteers around the state to join our “Individual Community Action Network” – a team of volunteers who have pledged to collect petition signatures in support of universal single-payer healthcare.
To help us meet our goal, we’re identifying volunteers around the state who can pledge to collect 50 signatures in their hometown by January.
Can you pledge to collect 50 signatures? Even a few helps us meet our goal. Download the Pledge Form and Petition Sheets Here!
Volunteer Pledge (PDF format)
Petition Sheet (PDF format)
What is Single-Payer Health Care (PDF format)
Tell us how you've been impacted by a lack of affordable, quality health insurance?
Telling our stories is powerful. Sharing our stories shows others having similar difficulties that they are not alone. If your life has been impacted by a lack of affordable, quality health insurance, please tell us your story.
How has Medicare Part D worked for you?
The
controversial prescription drug law known
as Part D has been called costly, confusing
and corrupt because it was written to benefit
drug and insurance companies rather
than senior citizens and the disabled.Thousands of Americans are struggling to make sense of the Part D Disaster. We are collecting stories to share with Maine's elected representatives and the public so they will know what Mainers are facing. Do you have a story to share?
Read more about Medicare Part D...
Listen to Maine Things Considered Part D "Doughnut Hole" report...
Fox in the Henhouse? Anthem's role as the provider of DirigoChoice health insurance
Between November 10, 2005 and January 28, 2006, 37 volunteers made calls to Anthem agents across the state to request information about the DirigoChoice plan. The results of those calls raise real concern that Anthem has failed to represent the DirigoChoice product enthusiastically or accurately... read more
Attention DirigoChoice Enrollees—we need to hear from you!
The voices of real people who are benefiting from DirigoChoice are more powerful than those of insurance lobbyists—and there are more of you than them. If you are enrolled in DirigoChoice, your voice matters! Please fill out our short DirigoChoice questionnaire.
Join us in the campaign for universal single-payer health care
MPA members meet regularly to plan our healthcare campaign. If you'd like to get involved, call Jenny at 797-0967.
"I want to tell you that DirigoChoice saved my life"
Read more stories of how DirigoChoice has changed the lives of Mainers...
Questions about Health Insurance?
Thanks in part to MPA's work, you can now enroll in DirigoChoice by calling the Dirigo Health Agency directly! The new Dirigo hotline is 1-877-892-8391. If you haven't called about DirigoChoice yet, now is the time!
For more information about affordable insurance coverage, call the Consumers for Affordable Health Care hotline at 1-800-965-7476.
Allies and Partners
MPA works with a number of allied groups to accomplish our healthcare goals. Please visit our Allies and Partners page for a list of links.
MPA's Health Care work
2006: Former MPA Executive Director Tammy Greaton appointed to Blue Ribbon Commission on Dirigo Health by Governor Baldacci.
2006: Conducted study and released Fox in the Henhouse? Anthem's role as the provider of DirigoChoice health insurance, which uncovered problems in accessing information about DirigoChoice insurance from Anthem-approved agents.
2005: Passed LD725, requiring Maine hospitals to disclose annually certain financial information regarding any entity that is owned, controlled or affiliated with the hospital.
2004: Released Citizen Report Card: Maine Hospitals and Consumer Price Accessibility analyzing hospital compliance with Maine law requiring posting of costs of top 50 procedures.
2002-2004: Created and grew "Maine Small Businesses for Universal Single-Payer Health Care" to more than 1600 members and got several members placed on key health care policy making committees.
2003: Played instrumental role in the passage of the Dirigo Health Plan, an important step in the movement for universal health care for Maine.
2003: MPA named one of 27 members on Governor Baldacci’s Health Action Team intended to design a universal health care plan.