Maine Providers Standing Up for HealthCare January 7th Brunswick

Maine Providers Stand Up for HealthCare Meeting: 

Sunday, January 7th, 11am-12:30pm in the board room at MidCoast Hospital, 123 Medical Center Dr, Brunswick, ME. Directions to board room below.

Goal: to improve our knowledge and confidence in talking to state legislators about funding Medicaid Expansion. This is timely and needed, as funding is in jeopardy.

Agenda (with links, for more information)
11:00 - Welcome and introductions: Sam Zager
11:15 - Medicaid Expansion in Maine Analysis presentation and Q & A with Elizabeth Kilbreth, PhD Associate Professor emeritus, Muskie Institute. Please click on the following link to read her analysis.
http://mejp.org/…/Medicaid-Expansion-The-Real-Impact-Kilbre…
11:45 - Strategizing and messaging tips: Diane Tepler, Maine House Representative, Topsham
12:05 - General Discussion on implications for the group
12:15 - Wrap up and next steps
12:25 - Maine Legislative Health Care Task Force Update: Juliana L'Heureux to update us on this task force that is charged with coming up with options for universal health care coverage in Maine. Access the fact sheet about Medicaid Expansion on the following link.
http://mejp.org/…/Medicaid-Expansion-Implementation-FAQ-12D…

Please join us and consider bringing a friend who might be interested in training on these issues.

Best,
Julie Schirmer, LCSW Sam Zager, MD Juliana L/Heureux, RN, BSN Barbara Shaw, JD Peter Shaw, MD Liz Rothe, MD Bethany Picker, MD

Directions to board room: enter front entrance, take a left. Go past café and take a right to end of corridor. Take another right. The board room is the last room on the left. Link to floor plan:
https://www.midcoasthealth.com/findus/floorplans.aspx