Ruling Expected Soon In Lawsuit Over Maine’s Medicaid Expansion

A state judge in Maine said Thursday (May 24) she plans to rule as quickly as possible on whether the state is breaking the law by failing to enact voter-approved Medicaid expansion. Judge Michaela Murphy of Kennebec County Superior Court heard arguments in the lawsuit brought by supporters of Medicaid expansion against the administration of Gov. Paul LePage (R), who has refused to take any steps to enact expansion since the state’s voters passed a ballot initiative last November requiring...