Maine: Dirigo Tax Repeal Could Send Taxes Even Higher

The funding package also includes a 1.8 percent tax on all paid health insurance claims, which is similar to the current SOP except.

Maine Residents Angered by Expansion of Dirigo Program Subsidy

New taxes to support Dirigo Care, the Maine state government's attempt at providing "universal" health care, have so angered Maine residents that a coalition dedicated to repealing the tax increases was able to collect nearly twice as many signatures as required to put a repeal referendum on the state's ballot this November.

Maine Health Insurance Program Would Impose Surcharge On Beneficiary Claims

Legislation being considered by Maine lawmakers would place a 1.8% fixed annual fee on claims paid by health insurers to help fund the state's DirigoChoice health insurance program.

Examining Progress Of Maine Health Care Initiative

Report examines progress that Maine's Dirigo Health Reform Act, adopted in 2003, has made in making affordable health care coverage available to all state residents by 2009.