Southern Maine streets to see temporary pedestrian-friendly redesigns

Ahead of the overnight votes, I wanted to share my worries for Maine with this bill: ⚕️ ~60K people without health insurance 🍎 ~30K people losing all or part of their SNAP benefits 📈 3T+ added to the U.S. debt ➕ So much more This bill isn't just irresponsible, it's cruel.

GOP budget proposals that would slash Medicaid would not only result in thousands of Mainers becoming uninsured but would also worsen the precarious financial health of Maine’s hospitals, threatening more closures and service cutbacks.

About 45,000 households in Maine, including about 7,500 in Aroostook County, rely on LIHEAP to make it through the winter. But as Congress attempts to draft a fiscal year 2026 budget that aligns with President Donald Trump’s agenda, the program’s fate is uncertain.

Providers fear Medicaid cuts could worsen Maine’s health care access crisis

Instead of ripping away health care from millions of people, Republicans should crack down on waste in Medicare Advantage. Tactics like "upcoding"—when for-profit insurance companies exaggerate medical problems to pad their profits—cost taxpayers billions. That’s real waste.

The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office’s preliminary analysis found that “the health care portion of the [GOP] bill would cut spending by $715 billion and would ‘reduce the number of people with health insurance by at least 8.6 million in 2034.’” www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

New @pbsnews.org Classroom Daily News Lesson: People with disabilities explain how Medicaid cuts could impact their lives Ask students: How does eliminating the Department of Education affect people with disabilities? #sschat #apgov #health #EduSky

In 2024, Maine didn’t record a fatal crash involving a pedestrian until March. This year, six pedestrians have died in crashes already. It’s the highest number of fatalities involving cars and pedestrians in the first two months of the year in at least the past five years.