LePage Doubles Down On Fight Against Maine Medicaid Expansion

By Ariel Cohen / December 12, 2017 at 3:00 PM
Maine Gov. Paul LePage (R) on Monday (Dec. 11) sent the state legislature a list of demands he says must be met before the state expands Medicaid, as called for by Mainers in the Nov. 7 election. The legislature’s budget committee is scheduled to discuss funding for the expansion on Wednesday (Dec. 13). Before Mainers recently voted to expand the state's Medicaid program, LePage had vetoed legislation to enact such an expansion five times, citing concerns with costs and opposition...


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