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| 2. Study and report eligibility levels, service benefits, | | expenditures and other factors affecting future costs under the | | MaineCare program; |
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| | | 3. Estimate future program costs, taking into account relevant | | factors, including, but not limited to, demographics; health care | | cost drivers; cost-savings and cost-control initiatives in place | | at the time of the study; other economic variables, including | | changes in individual and family income rates, changes in | | uninsured rates and changes in employer-based coverage rates; | | cost drivers and cost shifting related to coverage provided under | | the program; and other related economic factors; |
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| | | 4. Review and summarize the economic effect of MaineCare and | | its role in maintaining Maine's health care provider network, | | including primary, specialty and acute care; |
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| | | 5. Provide an analysis of changes in federal funding and | | health care policy, including changes in the federal match rate | | formula, and how such changes will affect MaineCare; and |
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| | | 6. Review and make recommendations related to actions taken by | | the federal Bipartisan Commission on Medicaid and the Medically | | Underserved. Recommendations based on the federal commission's | | study must be included in the commission's interim and final | | reports; and be it further |
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| | | Sec. 6. Meetings. Resolved: That the commission is authorized to meet | | 4 times in 2005 and with approval of the presiding officers may | | hold meetings at various locations throughout the State. | | Meetings must be open to the public. The commission shall | | consult stakeholders and health care and medical organizations | | for information and assistance in gathering information related | | to the duties described in section 5; and be it further |
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| | | Sec. 7. Staff assistance. Resolved: That, upon approval of the | | Legislative Council, the Office of Policy and Legal Analysis and | | the Office of Fiscal and Program Review shall provide staffing | | assistance to the commission. The Department of Health and Human | | Services, the Governor's Office of Health Policy and Finance, the | | Maine Health Data Organization and the Maine Health Data | | Processing Center shall provide information and assistance as | | requested by the commission; and be it further |
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| | | Sec. 8. Compensation. Resolved: That legislative members are | | entitled to receive the legislative per diem and reimbursement of | | necessary expenses for their attendance at |
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