How each would tackle Medicaid expansion, the opioid crisis and protecting Maine’s most vulnerable exposes differences.
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Posted inLocal & State, Politics
Nonprofit drops call to replace LePage administration in Medicaid expansion
The shift came Friday as attorneys for Maine Equal Justice Partners and DHHS wrapped up witness testimony in a legal case over Medicaid expansion.
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Posted inBusiness, Local & State, Politics
Judge hears arguments in Medicaid expansion lawsuit as applicants get denied
Lawyers for Maine Equal Justice Partners tell Justice Michaela Murphy that the LePage administration should have implemented expansion by July 2, but the administration’s attorney contends the Legislature must fund the measure first.
Posted inLocal & State, Politics
Advocacy group makes new legal move to block LePage’s efforts to reject Medicaid expansion
Maine Equal Justice Partners wants a judge to bring in an outside party to amend the state’s expansion plan and short-circuit the governor’s request that the federal government reject the plan.
Posted inLocal & State, Nation & World, Politics
Maine court to hear arguments in fight over implementing Medicaid expansion
The state’s top court recently left consideration of constitutional issues about Medicaid expansion to a Superior Court judge, who will begin to weigh such matters next week.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Politics
Medicaid supporters urge federal agency to ignore LePage letter, approve expansion
Three parties argue in letters that the U.S. government should allow 70,000 more Mainers to get health coverage as state law dictates, despite the governor’s opposition.
Posted inHealth, Local & State, News, Politics
LePage vows to keep denying Medicaid applications until lawmakers ‘give me the money’
Mainers voted last fall to expand the health insurance program and lawmakers approved the funding in June, but the governor vetoed the bill.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: In race for governor, a wide gulf on Medicaid policy
A Democrat and two independents want Maine in the expanded health care program. Republican Shawn Moody appears to side with Gov. Paul LePage.
Posted inLocal & State, Politics
LePage files court-ordered plan to expand Medicaid in Maine – and asks feds to reject it
The governor, a staunch opponent of expanding Medicaid, wrote in his application that additional funds have not been appropriated.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Jim Fossel: By behaving responsibly, all parties can keep politics out of the courts
Maine’s next governor and Legislature should do their best to responsibly implement fully vetted citizen initiatives.