Maine People’s Alliance On Healthcare

With the federal shutdown Maine People’s Alliance & faith leaders call on Senator Susan Collins to extend premium tax credits for people with marketplace health coverage & stop funding ICE. Amy Halsted, Co-Executive Director of Maine People’s Alliance stated, “There is more than enough for all of us to thrive if billionaires & corporate CEOs don’t steal it. So it’s time for Congress to focus on our needs, not their greed. Rural Mainers are facing the dual threat of losing our health care coverage and our hospitals. Our people & our hospitals were already at risk before congressional Republicans cut $1 trillion in health care funding to give billionaires & big businesses more tax breaks. Our health system is now in code blue. Five hospitals have recently closed their maternity wards. More cuts mean more closures & in January, 20,000 Mainers will lose their health coverage because of H.R.1. – Trump’s ‘One Big Bill.’ Every member of Congress ought to fight to prevent that from happening, especially Senator Collins who holds the pen on these bills. Without access to health care people will die.” Rev. Tara Humphries of Allen Avenue UU Church concluded, “Stripping access to healthcare & funding the forced removal of our neighbors without their constitutional right to due process is immoral. I don’t care what ‘side’ you’re on… Mainers take care of one another. It’s who we are. I hope Senator Collins will remember the communities to whom she is accountable & that it’s never too late to side with love & justice.” Maine People’s Alliance is dedicated to providing Maine people with the tools, knowledge, skills & opportunity to become involved in the decision-making processes that affect their lives.

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