Governor John E. Baldacci today presented his priorities for restoring $78.7 million in cuts original proposed to close a budget gap created by the global recession and declining State revenues.

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Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today announced an $11 million grant to Maine to improve health care quality and delivery systems for children enrolled in Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP).

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Congresswoman Chellie Pingree said the behavior of Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield of Maine is proof that health insurance companies should be stripped of their special exemption from antitrust regulation.

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The following are bipartisan remarks at the opening of the President’s summit in Washington, D.C. on healthcare reform.

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Maine will receive $11.5 million in Recovery Act funds to promote quality of health care through technology and to develop the State’s health care workforce.

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Congressman Mike Michaud, Chairman of the House Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Health, praised President Obama’s February 1st signing of the “Veterans’ Emergency Care Fairness Act.”

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Anywhere in Maine people can go online and take the first step that could improve their health. All a citizen needs to do is to finish a health survey at KeepMeWell.org and information to improve their health will be the result.

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Governor John E. Baldacci delivered his annual State of the State Address this evening before a Joint Session of the 124th Maine Legislature.

In his speech, the Governor said that in these challenging times, Maine people rise to the occasion, and that working together, Maine will have a more secure future.

“Despite the difficulties we face, the hard choices and hard work ahead, the next chapter in Maine’s history will be one of resurgence, growth and opportunity,” said the Governor. “The choices we make will help to determine which way Maine goes.”

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At a press conference concerning the disaster in Haiti, people were also encouraged to donate blood to the Red Cross. Maine currently has a shortage of Type 0-negative and B-negative blood. There are donation centers in Bangor and Portland. Please go to the Red Cross site: www.redcross.org

Dec, 19, 2009
THE PRESIDENT: Hello. Good afternoon, everybody. You know that I am from Chicago, so let me first say that with the place where I live covered with snow I’m finally starting to feel like home. And I am sorry to drag you guys out in this weather, but I wanted to speak briefly to you about the significant progress that we’ve made on two of the major challenges facing the American people: the crushing cost of health care and our dangerous dependence on fossil fuels.

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