Category Archives: Health Care

Unwell

Posted on June 19, 2013 by Emily Shaw

I’m disappointed. I’d hoped that the many, many reasons to accept the free federal money to cover Maine citizens would add up to legislators’ passing LD 1066. I also failed to look carefully at the original House vote and hadn’t … Continue reading →

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Pivot Points, or why we might believe Sen. Katz on MaineCare

Posted on June 10, 2013 by Emily Shaw

Political scientist Keith Krehbiel developed an interesting theory of legislative behavior called “pivot theory” – it’s often been applied to understand US Congressional behavior, but I just came back from a conference where I saw it applied to state legislatures … Continue reading →

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