The Maine Heritage Policy Center

Economics and taxation maine policy institute promotes greater prosperity for working maine families. Limited government, low taxes and reasonable and limited government regulations are the key ingredients on which maine policy focuses to create a vibrant private sector and a strong, growing, and sustainable economy. Maine policy works to reverse maines economic and demographic decline by promoting policy initiatives that reinvigorate maines economy and lift people out of poverty. Liberty focused and free market ideas help advance these core principles through sound research, aggressive outreach, education, and the promotion of a clear policy agenda that helps shift public opinion and establish enduring change in our state.

Health care maine policy institute has a vision that everyone in maine should have access to comprehensive private health insurance coverage and high-quality, cost-effective health care providers. Maine policy promotes policies that give individuals greater personal responsibility over their own health and offers meaningful incentives for citizens to improve their own health long term. Maine policys supporters believe that maine should have greater competition and more innovation in health care with numerous choices for insurance carriers and health care plans available to citizens. Maine policy supports innovation and policies that harness personal incentives to lower health care spending, reward client value, and promote competition between health care providers. Maine policy supports transparency and greater accessibility for citizens to pricing and other financial and outcome-data that is related to the provision of health care services. Maine policy also believes that maines business owners need to be encouraged to help their employees take greater ownership with their health care, so that employees have a vested interest in being prudent patients.

Maine policy institute is a non-profit, nonpartisan, research and educational organization whose mission is to formulate and promote conservative public policies based on the principles of free enterprise; limited, constitutional government; individual freedom; and traditional american values all for the purpose of providing public policy solutions that benefit the people of maine. Maine policy institute works to expand individual liberty and economic freedom and is a strong voice for taxpayers. We believe in an open, transparent, and accountable state government and we work to ensure hardworking mainers keep the fruits of their labor and defend their rights and liberties from government overreach. Maine policy institutes staff pursues this mission by conducting accurate and timely research and marketing these findings to its primary audience: the maine legislature, nonpartisan legislative staff, the executive branch, the states media, and the broad policy community. Maine policy institutes products include publications, articles, a news bureau, conferences, and policy briefings that advance individual liberty and economic freedom in maine. Maine policy researches and formulates innovative and proven conservative public policy solutions for maine in four key areas: economics and taxation education health care government reform maine policy relies on the generous support from individuals, corporations, and foundations, and does not accept government funds or perform contract work. Maine policy board of directors has helped build a strong organization, with excellent programs, exceptional research capabilities, outstanding leadership, and a growing membership that has consistently supported the organizations expansion. In each of its program areas, the organization accomplishes its mission through a straightforward, powerful five-part approach that includes: 1.fully analyzing the economic problems that are holding maine back; 2.thoroughly investigating the root causes of the problems and identifying proven policy solutions often solutions that are already working in another state; 3.aggressively educating the public, media and policy makers about the identified problems and their causes; 4.recommending proven solutions; and, 5.uncompromisingly advocating including grassroots and outreach for policy solutions until they are implemented even when it takes years because the policies will result in maine becoming more prosperous. For each of the four policy areas listed above, maine policy has clear and measureable policy objectives. Documented progress demonstrating the achievement of policy objectives and initiatives is the indicator used by maine policy institute to measure the organizations overall impact, effectiveness and success. Donors receive regular progress reports on maine policys activities and accomplishments as the organization realizes its ultimate goals of advancing prosperity and creating a more vibrant economy within maine. Maine policy institute has nearly 4,000 donors (94 percent from maine) and our email distribution list has more than 21,000 subscribers.