Medicaid
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PublishedOctober 17, 2018
Our View: Mary Mayhew brings Maine failures to Washington
The new federal Medicaid director will pursue the same agenda she did here, focused more on cost savings than care.
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PublishedOctober 16, 2018
McConnell says Medicare, Social Security causing ‘disturbing’ deficit increase
The Senate majority leader rejects criticism that last year's Republican tax cuts are to blame for the country's rising debt.
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PublishedOctober 15, 2018
Mary Mayhew, who opposed Medicaid expansion in Maine, named to head nation’s Medicaid program
She restored her agency's fiscal health as DHHS commissioner for Gov. LePage, but critics say she also tore a hole in the social services safety net.
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PublishedJuly 15, 2018
Our View: LePage’s jail comment shows contempt for courts
Obeying the law on Medicaid expansion should not be a choice for the governor of Maine.
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PublishedJuly 13, 2018
LePage administration ends contract with firm that helps with Medicaid
A spokesperson says that ending the contract allows the state to 'explore other service opportunities.'
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PublishedJuly 3, 2018
Our View: Veto of Medicaid expansion funding ends any chance LePage will follow law
Over and over, the governor has moved the goalposts on enacting the measure, then blames others for its being stalled.
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PublishedJune 29, 2018
Judge blocks first-in-nation Medicaid work mandate in Kentucky
A judge finds that the Trump administration's approval of such a policy is arbitrary and capricious.
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PublishedJune 4, 2018
LePage administration must follow voter-approved law, put Medicaid expansion in motion, court rules
The judge rejects the state's claim that it can't proceed without funding and orders it to file paperwork allowing up to 70,000 low-income Mainers to start applying for health coverage July 2.
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PublishedMay 20, 2018
Group suing LePage administration to expand Medicaid responds
Maine Equal Justice Partners counters assertions by the governor that he can't implement the expansion until the Legislature allocates funds for it.
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PublishedMay 20, 2018
Seven Democrats see similar path toward Blaine House
The candidates mostly agree about the kind of governor Maine needs, but each hopes to emerge as the one who will get things done.
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