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AUGUSTA - Gov. John Baldacci and his health care team on Wednesday rolled out a far-reaching set of proposals aimed at improving access to health care coverage in Maine.
The package includes a requirement for all Mainers to have health insurance and all businesses to provide it in some form. It also eases regulations governing insurance companies, revamps the state's Medicaid program and reformulates funding for the DirigoChoice insurance plan.See the full content of this document
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Baldacci Proposes Health Insurance Mandates
Baldacci characterized the initiative as building on the success of his Dirigo Health reforms to move the state toward universal coverage, but critics were quick to criticize the proposals.
Included in the package is a provision that all Maine residents with an annual ...See the full content of this document
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