ALEXANDRIA, VA -- As states are considering new programs designed to increase health coverage, it is important to evaluate their progress. The state of Maine has implemented Dirigo Health not only to increase health insurance access, but to decrease health care costs. So far, the program has spent at least $20 million, but enrolled fewer than 2,000 uninsured.

The Council for Affordable Health Insurance is pleased to release its latest Issues and Answers paper "Maine's Dirigo Health: A Series of Broken Promises," by Adam Brackemyre, assistant director of government affairs for CAHI, and Tarren Bragdon, director of health reform initiatives at the Maine Heritage Policy Center. The new paper evaluates Dirigo Health's goals, slow progress and high costs.

To access this latest publication, please visit CAHI's website at www.cahi.org.

Founded in 1992, CAHI is a non-profit research and advocacy association whose mission is to develop and promote free market solutions to America's health care challenges. CAHI's membership includes health insurance companies (active in the individual, small group, HSA and senior markets), small businesses, physicians, actuaries and insurance brokers.

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