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Title: Assessing the Costs and Impacts of a State-Level Universal Health Care System in Maine
Citation Type: Working Paper
Publication Year: 2019
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Abstract: In 2018, Maine AllCare contracted with the Maine Center for Economic Policy (MECEP) to conduct analysis related to the costs and economic effects of a state-based universal health care system that could cover all Maine residents. This report summarizes MECEP’s findings regarding the structure, costs, and effects of a hypothetical proposal for a state-based universal system in Maine. MECEP’s findings provide a basic understanding of key factors to consider and are intended to inform Maine AllCare’s exploration of next steps related to their health care advocacy. Any effort to proceed with the development of a Maine-specific universal plan would require more detailed policy development and analysis than could be delivered within the scope of this project. Creating a single public plan that could cover all health care costs is difficult or even impossible at the state level, in part because many individuals are already covered by federally funded and administered health programs such as Medicare, the Veterans Health Administration, the Indian Health Service, and TRICARE. Others are covered by the joint federally and state-funded Medicaid program. It is unlikely that the federal government would cede its authority over these programs and their associated funding to any state government. MECEP is unaware of any current detailed proposals to enact a state-level universal system in Maine. Therefore, this report describes a hypothetical system devised by MECEP as one way to publicly-funded, universal coverage at the state level. MECEP has not endorsed the plan described in this report, but has provided analysis of the effects such a plan would have on health care and the economy in Maine...
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Authors: Myall, James
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Data Collections: IPUMS USA, IPUMS CPS
Topics: Health, Population Health and Health Systems
Countries: United States