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... and under-insured for colon cancer.   This remains our funding priority. Access to Healthcare LD 323: "An Act To Improve Transparency in the Health Insurance Markets" is the result of our collaboration in the Maine Voices for Coverage campaign.   It's intent is to make it easier for ... deference to another bill, submitted by the Commissioner of Insurance which did much of the same things. LD 1091: "An Act To Reduce the Cost of Health Insurance" was voted "ought not to pass." LD 1228: "Resolve, To Direct Action on Health Disparities of the Passamaquody Tribe and Washington ... as amended," and I do not have the amendment. Several other pain management bills I have been following have been killed. Congress:   Health Care Reform       ( This is a new addition to our weekly update, but with more GRA time dedicated to it, and as it moves up the organizational ...

... still nearly $300 million in cuts.   This means we have to work harder to convince legislators that 1) youth smoking is an economic as well as health problem, and 2) there is still a mighty big hole, so don't be too relieved.     Priority Areas    Lung Cancer Tobacco tax : This week we ... this bill to change rules which prohibit some candy and fruit flavored cigars   turned into a tobacco tax bill, so we had to work with the Health and Human Services committee quite a bit to ease confusion about the current law, remind them of the law to ban flavored cigarettes and ... certainly not originally a priority, it really helped us with the equalization message. Access to Healthcare LD 1620: "An Act To Protect Health Care Consumers from Catastrophic Debt" had it's first vote yesterday, and we won 99 - 38.   MPBN ran a nice story with some of the details.   The ...

... comprehensive, evidence-based tobacco control policies reduce tobacco use and tobacco-related disease, resulting in reduced tobacco-related health care costs.  REDUCING TOBACCO USE IN MAINE: BUILDING ON SUCCESS, INVESTING IN THE FUTURE ...

AUGUSTA – Last week, The Appropriations and Financial Affairs Committee voted to fund LD 1577  An Act to Require Health Insurance Coverage for Biomarker Testing.  This legislation, which passed both House and Senate chambers earlier this month with broad ... first and moved to ensure more Mainers have access to biomarker testing. With this medical advancement, many patients can receive personalized care, specific to their individual disease, that can eliminate unnecessary and costly treatments for some patients. “Now, we’re down to the wire and it’s time to look ahead. After two years of advocacy by public health groups, providers and patients across Maine, the only thing that stands between ensuring insurance coverage of this game changing ...