Maine Health Insurance
Maine’s health status
Maine is one of the healthiest states to live, according to the United Health Foundation and its America’s Health Rankings. Maine is 9th in the ranking of the healthiest states, and despite dropping two spots from 2007’s rank (when it was ranked 7th in the nation), Maine is still in the top ten, and great, healthy state. Maine has been a part of the top ten states of the country when it comes to healthiness, and there are some key factors supporting this: Maine has the lowest Violent Crime rate in the Country, with only 118 offenses per 100,000 people within the state. Also, despite Maine’s poor public funding (only $51 per person), the state has one of the lowest percentages of citizens lacking Health Insurance Coverage (only 9% of the people in Maine do not have Health Insurance).
The state dropped two spots in the national health ranking this year. Some issues that have caused Maine to be consider not as healthy as it was in 2007, are the increase in the prevalence of obesity (up to 25.2% of the population, it was 23.1% in 2007), and the increase of the percentage of children in poverty (up from 13.2% to 14.4% of persons under age 18). Cardiovascular-related deaths, Infant Mortality rates and premature death percentages have risen slightly, and need to be looked upon to stop the negative tendencies. Despite dropping slightly, Maine’s Immunization coverage percentage is still low, with only 77.6 percent of children ages 19 to 35 months receiving complete immunizations. Cancer-related deaths are also high (at 212.2 deaths per 100,000 population, it’s the seventh worst state in America), but also lowering. If Maine can take into action plans to control this health issues, the state have an even better status when it comes to health.
When it comes to Health Insurance, although Maine is could do with better public funding, only 9% of the population in Maine is still lacking basic Health Insurance, which is one of the best percentages in the US. This is a key factor in Maine’s overall improvement when it comes to health, as they have been reducing the percentage of people with no health insurance consistently for the past five years. It doesn’t hurt either that the number of primary care physicians is going up as well, and the rate of preventable hospitalizations and geographic disparity is going down. Maine has been working hard to make its health system accessible to everyone, and this is a thing they have definitely been doing right.
There are few places above Maine when it comes to health. With great access to health care and health insurance, and a peaceful lifestyle, the people in Maine has excellent health.
Maine health insurance information
In Maine, 91% of the citizens in Maine have Health Insurance. Despite the poor government funding, this percentage is excellent, which means Maine has worked hard towards offering and extremely accessible health plan to its citizens, as only about 9% of the population in Maine have no Health Insurance. The percentage of employers offering health insurance to employees is average, with 55.6% percent of employers offering health Insurance plans, a percentage that has been going up since 2003, which is an excellent sign. About 77% of workers take the Health Insurance plans offered by their employers.
Despite the low public health funding in Maine, the state has a good rate of primary care physicians for the population, with 125.3 physicians per 100,000 population. One of Maine’s key assets, is how almost everyone has access to health in this state, and this shows with an excellent percentage of population that could get medical care when needed (91.2%). The patients served by FQHCs as a percent of population under 200% FPL stands at 36.3%.
If coverage has been denied for you, there are still some options you can check:
Best health plans in Maine
The prestigious US News ranks yearly the best Health Plans in the country, polling and evaluating consumer assessment, prevention, and treatment offered by all plans. They gather information and rank the results, nation-wide and state-wide, showing on their results the best plans available for Maine as well. The Rankings reflect results of consumer surveys and success in preventing and treating illness compared with average health plan.
Not only they rank Commercial Plans, they also rank Medicare or Medicaid plans, covering and evaluating as many plans as possible. If you want to browse their list of best-of, please go to the US News Health Plans Search site.
Get involved
If you are concerned about Maine’s health care issues and want to speak out, your safest bet is to contact your federal official, either via phone or fax. Postal Mail is not recommended, since it takes too long, and e-mail might not be seen. Also, make sure you communicate with the right Member of the Senate and/or Congress.
If you want more guidance and tips on how to contact and communicate with your representatives, there are various sites on the internet that can help on how to contact your elected officials.
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Contact the White HousePHONE: toll free 1-800-671-7887 (ask for the Comment Line) FAX: 1 202-456-2461 State officials:
Official Maine health insurance information
| Recent Maine health insurance newsHealth Insurance is always a hot topic for discussion, since it involves the citizens of Maine and their welfare. Here are some of the latest news and updates on the current issues and news related to Health and Health Insurance for Maine: |
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