Medicaid, known in Maine as MaineCare, is jointly run and funded by the state and the federal governments, providing health insurance to low-income residents. Read More
Here’s how the fight to give health coverage to 70,000 Mainers could go. Read More
Ever the sore loser, LePage announced Wednesday morning that he would not implement the expansion voters had approved just hours earlier. Read More
Gov. Paul LePage and a top legislative ally were previewing their strategies to block Medicaid expansion hours after Maine voters passed it. Read More
With 66 percent of precincts reporting at 10:10 p.m. Tuesday, vote tallies showed support for expansion at 59 percent and opposition at 41 percent. Read More
Everyone benefits: from doctors and nurses who can keep doing their essential work to the Mainers who count on compassionate, quality care, regardless of income. Mainers should vote to expand MaineCare on Nov. 7. Read More
Simply expanding access to the state’s Medicaid program, known as MaineCare, to an estimated 80,000 people would be a huge step forward. Read More
At the polls on Nov. 7, let us respect Maine veterans by repaying their loyalty and commitment. Let us have their courage and honor them by providing the health care they need and deserve. Vote yes on Question 2, a salute to Maine Veterans. Read More
“They’re misinforming people,” LePage said. He also claimed the expansion will cost Maine at least $100 million more per year. Read More
Who pays for this care? The blunt answer is, you do — twice. Read More
Critics of Medicaid expansion have ignored the success of past expansions in Maine as well as the success of recent expansions in other states. Read More
An objective look at the referendum to expand Medicaid shows that it is a good deal for Maine. Read More
Maine has left billions of federal dollars on the table and left tens of thousands of its residents without health insurance by rejecting Medicaid expansion. A “yes” vote on Question 2 will begin to right that wrong. Read More
Few issues have received as much governmental and media attention in recent years as Medicaid expansion, yet Mainers are poised to decide Question 2 on the November ballot amid confusion in the present and uncertainty about the future. Read More
The state health department says the change is necessary to comply with the Affordable Care Act, which prohibits gender discrimination. Read More
The final vote was 51-49 with deficit hawk Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky the lone opposing GOP vote. Read More
Maine tried this before. We ended up with a massive debt owed to Maine hospitals and a budget crisis. Read More
With one vote, we can ensure thousands of Maine families will no longer be forced to roll the dice on their health. Read More
More than two dozen states provide Medicaid coverage for abortions in cases of rape, incest or if the mother's life is in danger; 17 states use state-only funds from the state-federal program for women seeking abortions for other reasons. Read More
In November, go to the polls and cast a “yes” vote to expand MaineCare. Read More
