Tarren Bragdon
Tarren R. Bragdon serves as the director of health reform initiatives at the Maine Heritage Policy Center. He also serves as a health policy analyst for the Empire Center for New York State Policy. During 2001 and 2002, he served as the special assistant to the President of the Maine Senate, providing policy research, analysis and advice on a variety of policy areas. In 2002, he worked extensively on the legislation and eventual enactment of the Maine Consumer Choice Health Plan, a state-administrated consumer choice insurance exchange of several private health plans that will be available to Maine individuals and small businesses.
From 1996 through 2000, Tarren served in the Maine House of Representatives.
Monday, August 3, 2009Secrecy and the Rush to JudgmentBy Tarren R. BragdonFiled As: Health CareMartin Sheehan, communications director for the Maine Heritage Policy Center, questions the use of high-pressure artificial deadlines on Congress to pass a complete takeover of the American health care system.
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Thursday, July 23, 2009One Demonstration for a Government Plan, Another for More ChoicesBy Tarren R. BragdonFiled As: Health CareWhile hundreds of union workers and professional demonstrators were bussed to Portland, Maine, for this rally in favor of government-run health care; a dedicated group was also there in opposition to socialized medicine. Please click more »»
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Friday, June 19, 2009How Maine Government Contributed to Maine's Health Care WoesBy Tarren R. BragdonFiled As: Health CareThis week, the Maine Heritage Policy Center released the first two editions of Crisis To Cure, a new series of research publications focused on the current health care reform debates.
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Tuesday, March 24, 2009Medicaid is Key to Budget ControlBy Tarren R. BragdonFiled As: Health CareMaine has more people on Medicaid (23% of its population) than any other state - and a key to long-term budget control is to Tame The Medicaid Monster! This presentation (PDF), part of the Fiscal Sanity Tour conducted by the Maine ... more »»
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Saturday, June 20, 2009"Dirigo" Really Means "Don't Do What We Did"By Tarren R. BragdonFiled As: Health CareThere are many well intentioned people across America advocating a "public option" or Washington-centered health care reform. As they continue their campaign, proponents should examine what has happened in Maine. We can share our extensive experience with a government option experiment of our ... more »»
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Friday, June 19, 2009Making the Case for Health Care Reform in MaineBy Tarren R. BragdonFiled As: Health CareThe Maine Heritage Policy Center is conducting an outreach tour across the state, in a "Crisis to Cure" series. It started Thursday afternoon with a very detailed presentation by Michael Tanner of the CATO Institute. We had a record-setting crowd and the discussion was excellent. Here are ... more »»
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Friday, June 19, 2009Reforming Health Care ReformBy Tarren R. BragdonFiled As: Health CareSen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) argues for reforms to the current health care financing system instead of jumping ahead to an aggressive government takeover of the whole system. more »»
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Wednesday, April 15, 2009Three Recommendations from MaineBy Tarren R. BragdonFiled As: Health CareOn April 8, I testified before a listening session regarding national health reform, held by Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine). I offered three recommendations:
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Wednesday, March 25, 2009The New England Compact for InsuranceBy Tarren R. BragdonFiled As: Health CareLD 290 will enable Maine people to purchase affordable health insurance plans from other states. Too many intrusive state regulations have made Maine's market the second-most expensive for small group ... more »»
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Friday, March 13, 2009A "Self-Funding" Program? We've Heard That BeforeBy Tarren R. BragdonFiled As: Health CareMaine received a $53 million federal windfall seven or eight years ago. This was used as start-up money for the "self-funding" DIRIGO Health Plan! But it didn't exactly turn out that way. This well-intentioned experiment never even met 4% of its goal to insure 128,000 Maine people. ... more »»
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