• Address health care system costs and quality reforms to assure those who now have private coverage can continue to afford it.
  
• Use MaineCare - the state's Medicaid program - to provide coverage to the lowest income Mainers by capturing about $1.72 in federal funds for every $1 the state provides.
  
• Create DirigoChoice, an insurance program for small businesses, the self-employed and individuals who are not eligible for MaineCare. Sliding scaled subsidies are available to individuals and families with household incomes up to 300% of the federal poverty level ($58,050 for a family of four and $28,710 for a single adult).

(1) Monitoring and improving the quality of health care in the state.
(2) Arranging for the provision of comprehensive affordable health care coverage to small employers, self-employed persons, and other individuals on a voluntary basis.

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