Doctors' Group Suggests Tax Increases to Pay for Mainecare

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AUGUSTA, Maine -- Public hearings on proposed MaineCare cuts continued into the third day Friday and included a call to resurrect a once-unpopular beverage tax.

Gov. Paul LePage ruled out the possibility of any tax increase at a Thursday press conference, but a representative of the Maine Medical Association urged lawmakers to consider new revenue sources rather than radically restructure the MaineCare health insurance program.

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Doctors' Group Suggests Tax Increases to Pay for Mainecare

"The real human needs will not go away," Andrew MacLean, deputy executive vice president of the association, testified before the Appropriations and Health and Human...

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