Soda and beer companies are gathering signatures throughout Maine to overturn our reasonable pennies-per-drink charge that will provide Maine kids, hard working adults and families with affordable health care coverage.

In these tough economic times, affordable health care coverage can mean life or death. A few extra pennies on beer, wine, and soda is a reasonable solution that will allow 18,000 Maine kids and hard-working adults to keep their health care coverage.

The beverage companies are spending hundreds of thousands of dollars hiring an out-of-state signature-gathering firm whose efforts put at risk health care coverage for Maine kids and hard-working adults. Their petition would repeal the funding for this health care coverage.

Ask everyone you know to tell the beverage companies, "no thanks, I support health care coverage for Maine's children and families".

Isn't health care coverage for Maine's children and families worth these few additional pennies:

Less than 3¢ for a can of beer (and even then only for big out of state brewers- Maine brewers are exempt),
Less than 4¢ for a can of soda and
Only 7¢ on an entire bottle of wine.
 
 
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!

 
The National Beverage Industry is telling voters that this veto effort is all about reducing taxes. Maine voters deserve to hear that rest of the story - health care for working families is at risk!
 
If you are interested in helping people understand what is at risk, please email Crystal Bond (cbond AT mejp DOT org) and title the message "I want to help protect health care for Maine families" or contact MEJP by phone, fax or mail. </p>