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Letter to the editor: We cannot lose expanded Medicaid eligibility

Por: Portland Press Herald Opinion October 26, 2022

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I have trained and worked as a physician assistant in both U.S. and Canadian hospitals. The Press Herald recently reported that the uninsured rate in Maine dropped from 8% to 5.7% in the last three years, because of expanded Medicaid (“,” Sept. 19). The year before the Affordable Care Act was implemented, the rate was 11.2%. While Massachusetts has an even lower rate of uninsured (2.5%), states that rejected Medicaid have a much higher share... + full article



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