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Article: Dirigo Health working and worthy of funding ; The state health care initiative can be termed a success, and fees to support it make sense.
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- Portland Press Herald (Portland, ME)
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- September 3, 2005
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Portland Press Herald (Maine)
09-03-2005
Dirigo Health working and worthy of funding ; The state health care initiative can be termed a success, and fees to support it make sense.
Edition: FINAL
Section: Editorial
It's show-me-the-money time for the state's Dirigo Health program.
Dirigo Health is an ambitious attempt to harness public and private initiatives to address problems of cost and access in Maine's health insurance market. Ever since it was first proposed by Gov. Baldacci early in his term, it has generated controversy.
That's not surprising. Broadening coverage and lowering health- care costs is bound to create winners and losers. Choosing a method to do so is also bound to lead ...