Foundation awards $668K to five Maine advocacy groups
Augusta-based Maine Health Access Foundation has awarded $668,017 to five statewide advocacy organizations, with a goal of ensuring that Maine policymakers understand and advance provisions of the Affordable Care Act that can benefit Maine people who are uninsured and underserved.
The organizations will focus their advocacy on key areas of the ACA, particularly the expansion of Medicaid (MaineCare) to provide access to health care for over 70,000 low-income Maine people, the foundation stated in a Tuesday press release announcing the award.
In explaining the rationale behind its awards, the foundation noted: “The expansion of Medicaid to provide coverage for individuals and families with low incomes was a key strategy of the ACA to decrease the number of Americans who are uninsured. However, the 2012 U.S. Supreme Court ruling essentially made the choice to expand Medicaid a state decision. The advocacy organizations receiving support from MeHAF will help inform the discussion by Maine policymakers about this key decision. Grantees will also present the stories of real Maine people who are directly impacted by a decision for or against an expansion.”
Grant recipients and their award amounts: Consumers for Affordable Health Care Foundation $150,000; Maine Center for Economic Policy, $135,000; Maine Equal Justice Partners, $149,042; Maine Medical Education Trust, $133,975; Maine People's Resource Center, $100,000.
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