Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Dirigo says Dirigo has saved state $190M
Maine's Dirigo Health program says it has saved the Maine health care system more than $190 million. Honest. Full Story
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What's Wrong with Maine?
Maine Facts:
- There is no lifetime limit on Maine Welfare benefits
- Maine welfare payments are above national average.
- DHHS lost $56 million on a failed computer system due to incompetence. No one at DHHS was held accountable.
- The top 12 DHHS employees each make over $143,000/year - more than the governor.
- Maine State employees get free health coverage
- Maine government employment is 23% Higher than US average
- 20% of Maine people are on MaineCare - 50% higher than national average. It's the nation's second largest Medicaid program.
- Mainecare recipients get lavish health benefits unaffordable to people paying for their healthcare.
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The oppositioon is rolling out the big guns with a $100,000 donation from an out of state donor. S Donald Sussman of Grenwich, CT. The MEA also sent a letter to all of their members saying do not sign said People's Veto petitions. and naming the American Cancer Society and American Lung Assoc. as opposing it. However the Lung Associety has denied it and gotten a n apology from MEA.
If you check Maineopengov.org you will find that the Dirigo agency spent of $1 Million on actuaries to "prove" that it saved money for the health care system. All that so it can tax your health insurance to pay the consultants another $1 Million or more to prove next year's "savings".
Ugh!
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