Health Security Board
A legislatively created board charged with investigating the feasibility
of a single-payer health system. The board’s membership can be
found at http://www.maine.gov/legis/opla/hsbmems.htm.
Blue Ribbon Commission on the Future of MaineCare
The commission is charged with studying the MaineCare program
and making recommendations on how to improve the quality, adequacy,
effectiveness and delivery of services under the program in the most
cost-effective manner possible in an effort to ensure its sustainability
over time, including various options for providing coverage for people
in need of health care services.
More information about the Commission, as well as its members, and
handouts given at the meeting can be found at www.themha.org/advocacy/blueribbon/futureofmainecare.htm.
To see the resolve that established the commission go to http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/chapters/RESOLVE117-1.asp.
