Rep. Patrick Corey’s bill would make Maine the 13th state to allow spouses who care for their disabled partners to qualify for Medicaid reimbursement, at an estimated cost to the state of $2 million a year.
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Mills administration names new director of MaineCare services
Michelle Probert, who oversees health and wellness programs at Bath Iron Works, was a manager in the MaineCare program during the first term of former Gov. Paul Lepage.
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LePage says he may run against Mills in 4 years if she doesn’t expand Medicaid ‘sustainably’
A spokesman for the governor-elect insists it will be sustainable and says ‘the people of Maine have spoken.’
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As lawyers argue Medicaid expansion case, uninsured Mainers forgo health care
Thousands of low-income residents who don’t have health insurance are skimping on medications or passing up on treatment as they wait for access to Medicaid coverage that voters approved 11 months ago.