Defend Maine’s Rural Hospitals & Working Families
Maine depends on our rural hospitals — and rural hospitals depend on Medicaid.
But right now, Washington is deciding whether to gut the very funding that keeps rural hospitals across Maine afloat. Senator Collins is fighting back because she knows our communities will pay the price.
She’s been defending our rural hospitals and standing up for the people of Maine against Medicaid cuts for the working poor and seniors. It’s time we speak up. Our health and our rural hospitals are not expendable.
Tell Senator Collins to keep up the fight!
“Rural hospitals in my state and across the country are really teetering.”
This Isn’t Just a Budget Line — It’s Our Way of Life
About 30% of residents (400,000) in Maine rely on Medicaid coverage (known here as MaineCare) and it’s a major source of funding for hospitals, community health centers and nursing homes.
But politicians in D.C. want to make massive cuts to Medicaid, including putting a freeze on funding that some have even mocked as a “money laundering machine.” They couldn’t be more wrong. Medicaid funding is what keeps small-town hospitals running. It’s how we make sure our neighbors can see a doctor. It’s the backbone of healthcare in our rural counties.
“I’ve said that if there are deep cuts in Medicaid that would endanger healthcare for low-income families, for disabled children, for other vulnerable populations, and for our rural hospitals, I’m simply not going to support that.”
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