Resolve, to Study the Costs and Funding of a Universal Health Care
Maine Legislature, Session 132, LD 1269
Committee: Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services
Sponsors: MASTRACCIO, BAILEY

Legislative Document
No. 1269
H.P. 844
House of Representatives, March 25, 2025
Resolve, to Study the Costs and Funding of a Universal Health Care 
Plan for Maine
Reference to the Committee on Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services 
suggested and ordered printed.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Presented by Representative MASTRACCIO of Sanford.
Cosponsored by Senator BAILEY of York and
Representatives: ARFORD of Brunswick, BOYER of Cape Elizabeth, CLUCHEY of 
Bowdoinham, GRAMLICH of Old Orchard Beach, ZAGER of Portland, Senators: 
BALDACCI of Penobscot, INGWERSEN of York, PIERCE of Cumberland.
Sec. 1.  Universal health care plan study.  Resolved:  That the Office of 
Affordable Health Care, established in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, section 3122 
and referred to in this resolve as "the office," shall study, in consultation with the 
Department of Health and Human Services, the costs and potential funding of a publicly 
funded, privately and publicly provided, universal health care plan for the State.
Sec. 2.  Assistance.  Resolved:  That, to the extent resources are available, the office 
may solicit the services of one or more experts who are not in state service to assist in the 
study under section 1.  Upon request of the office, the Department of Health and Human 
Services, the Department of Professional and Financial Regulation, Bureau of Insurance 
and the Department of Labor shall provide staffing assistance to complete the study.
Sec. 3.  Fiscal analysis; model.  Resolved:  That the office shall base its fiscal 
analysis on the model provided by the All Maine Health Program prepared by Maine 
AllCare, which is the latest and most detailed plan for a publicly funded, privately provided, 
universal health care plan for the State.  The office may make modifications to that model 
as it considers necessary.  The office may also consult the Mathematica 2002 study, the 
Maine Center for Economic Policy 2019 study, Legislative Document 1045 of the 130th 
Legislature, the Maine Center for Economic Policy 2024 study or another universal health 
care model proposed in another state.
Sec. 4.  Report.  Resolved:  That, no later than December 3, 2025, the office shall 
submit a report that includes its findings and recommendations, including suggested 
legislation, to the Joint Standing Committee on Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial 
Services.  The joint standing committee may report out a bill based on the subject matter 
of the report to the Second Regular Session of the 132nd Legislature.
SUMMARY
This resolve directs the Office of Affordable Health Care to study, in consultation with 
the Department of Health and Human Services, the costs and potential funding of a publicly 
funded, privately and publicly provided, universal health care plan for the State.  It directs 
the office to submit a report with its findings and recommendations to the Joint Standing 
Committee on Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services, which is authorized to 
report out a bill to the Second Regular Session of the 132nd Legislature.