From state subsidies to health insurance begins Maine
At the State House on Monday Dir John Baldacci announced the launch of subsidized health insurance in Maine. DirigoChoice, an essential element of the Dirigo governor of the reform of health systems, met the weekend with an estimated 1800 people registered - 216 employees of small businesses and 867 in the sole owner of the entire country.
Registration is far from the 31000 of the state said he hopes that in the books by the end of 2005. The conservative organizations such as Maine Heritage Policy Center have criticized the plan for not cost much less than other commercial products and use of a financial strategy is based on complex funding and coverage of Medicaid payments ‘insurance companies.
The Policy Center, promotes free-market solutions to health care and other economic issues, said Maine man would be better served by the reduction of government support and competition among insurers.
But Dirigo holders of the project were presented on Monday optimistic.
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