Far from being a “cruel” action designed to inflict “pain” on the vulnerable, the administration’s decision is completely reasonable. Read More
Republicans say work and other requirements will return Medicaid to its original intent — to act as a stopgap until people can find work. Read More
The announcement reignited a debate about welfare eligibility requirements that has raged throughout LePage’s tenure. Read More
The guidance represents a fundamental and much-disputed recalibration of the compact between the government and poor Americans for whom Medicaid coverage provides a crucial pathway to health care. Read More
Three issues demand action, namely because the people of Maine have made it clear they wanted changes that lawmakers had so far refused to enact. Read More
“It’s important that every time the governor talks about ‘the Legislature hasn’t put forward any funding so I’m not going to do my job,’ that the people recognize he’s simply making excuses.” Read More
Expanding Medicaid access to 70,000 Mainers would be a major and essential first step in battling the state's health care woes. Read More
The governor in a letter has reiterated a set of demands that must be met before his administration can fulfill the referendum’s mandate. Read More
Our kids need Congress to reauthorize funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program now. Read More
Maine’s low-income residents deserve better than a governor who won’t act to implement a policy that can make a tangible difference in their well-being. Read More
Women enrolled in Maine’s Medicaid program, known as MaineCare, are assured that nearly all pregnancy-related care — including prenatal care, delivery and miscarriage management — will be covered. Abortion care, however, is not covered. Read More
DHHS claims they want to save money and focus on the “most needy,” but the result will be denying poor Mainers their right to survive. Read More
The state could also face risk based on what happens at the federal level, the agency stated. Read More
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
