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Maine becomes first state to propose Universal Home Care.

2018

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The ballot initiative would allow elders and people with disabilities to receive fully-funded care at home, taxing wealthy state residents to pay for the program. Family members would be eligible to receive a stipend for caring for kin, and the program would encourage care agencies to raise wages by requiring that at least 77% of funds go to compensating workers. The initiative does not pass.