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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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
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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Posted inMaine, Politics
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.’
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
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.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
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.
Posted inHealth, Maine, Politics
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.
Posted inHealth, Maine, News
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.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
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.
Posted inHealth, Nation & World, Politics
Inspired by Maine, activists push ballot initiatives to expand Medicaid in other states
Of the 18 states that haven’t expanded eligibility for Medicaid, 10 are in the South, where the initiative process isn’t generally available.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News, Politics
Adult group homes facing crisis created by legislators
A failure to increase MaineCare reimbursement rates before the session’s end triggers a reduction instead, putting services at risk.