Health Coverage for Maine
No on ONE
A referendum supported by the big national beverage companies could cause thousands of Maine children, families, and small businesses to lose their health coverage. But Maine people care about our neighbors and communities.
Taking away health insurance from Maine kids and their hard-working parents isn’t what Maine is all about.
A few extra pennies on beer, wine, and soda is a reasonable solution that will allow 18,000 Maine kids and hard-working adults to keep their health insurance, while making coverage affordable for an additional 40,000 who are not able to get insurance through their employers.
Health insurance coverage is an essential building block of a strong economy. When kids get preventative care to make them healthier, and when businesses can count on healthy employees, Maine’s economy will be in a position to thrive.
Maine’s efforts are working. Maine is one of the few states that has reduced its number of uninsured citizens in recent years. We need to build on that success and work together to find creative ways to get more of Maine's children, families and small businesses covered by health insurance.
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Bill and Hope Keleher of Topsham. Bill is the owner of a small business in Richmond. If the “beverage petition” to veto health coverage is successful, Bill and five employees are directly at risk of losing their health insurance, while Hope and the Keleher children could see their coverage become unaffordable.
