Advocates for expansion keep pressure on the administration to act as Attorney General Janet Mills announces a $35 million windfall that she says could fund the program through the current two-year budget.
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Supporters of voter-approved Medicaid expansion press LePage, lawmakers as deadline nears
The administration, however, shows no sign of changing its stance that it will take no action until the expansion ‘has been appropriately funded.’
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Maine Voices: Medicaid can do so much for Mainers, why does the governor resist expansion?
It would support families, save lives, improve health, create jobs – and to cap it all off, it’s a huge bargain.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Trump work requirement rewrites health care rules for poor
Such requirements, long pushed by conservatives – including the administration of Maine Gov. Paul LePage – represent a tectonic change in the Medicaid program.
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Independent lawmakers gain clout in Augusta with staff, office space
With 5 leaving their parties in 2017, the group could hold more sway on key issues such as Medicaid expansion and recreational marijuana.
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Congress just broke the health care system, now Mainers will feel the pain
Thousands will lose their coverage, premiums will jump for many others and ACA fixes won’t help much.
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Medicaid expansion may strain Maine’s budget, credit rating agency says
Moody’s also says the biggest risk to the state is that the federal government could reduce funding for the health care program in the years ahead.
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Maine’s ballot-box expansion of Medicaid likely to inspire referendums elsewhere
From Idaho to Utah to Kansas, where lawmakers have resisted the added health care coverage, groups now have ‘something to emulate.’
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In election glow, Democrats nationally see health care as a winning issue
Maine’s vote to expand Medicaid is among the indicators that public opinion may be shifting in the Democrats’ favor.
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Addicts may benefit from an expansion of Medicaid
Uninsured Mainers can’t afford treatment, and hospitals are bearing the rising costs of unreimbursed emergency room care for opioid addiction.