LD1397 -

(2011)

An Act To Establish a Single-payer Health Care System To Be Effective in 2017

Sponsored by Sponsored by: Rep. Charlie Priest (D – Brunswick)

What is the bill?

LD 1397 would have provided universal health care coverage for all Maine residents by creating a publicly funded single-payer health care system. We strongly support single-payer health care as the best way to provide quality, affordable health care for all. We did, however, disagree with the bill’s funding mechanism because it failed to place any taxes on employers and left the full responsibility of health care costs on workers. We look forward to seeing a new version of the bill in a future session.

What happened?

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