at The Heartland Institute. "Not only has it failed to cover many people, but all the false promises surrounding it have distracted Maine from doing anything that would actually help improve the situation."

'Costly, Ineffective Failure'

"Maine has one of the highest state and local tax burdens. We should not be adding more taxes for this boondoggle, particularly at a time when Maine families are struggling with record high gas and heating oil prices and an uncertain economy."


Past a 'Train Wreck'

John Garven, president-elect of the Illinois State Association of Health Underwriters, concurs.

[...] "Dirigo is the more 'mature' of the * two programs, and it is already past the train wreck stage." * Massachusetts 'universal health care' schemes

Maine Residents Angered by Expansion of Dirigo Program Subsidy