by Mary-Erin Casale | Sep 18, 2018 | Health Care, Maine Legislature
AUGUSTA – Speaker of the House Sara Gideon and Rep. Drew Gattine (D- Westbrook), House Chair of the Appropriations and Financial Affairs Committee, sent a letter to Seema Verma, Administrator of the Centers for Medicaid Services (CMS), outlining the many actions...
by Mary-Erin Casale | Aug 23, 2018 | Health Care, Maine Legislature
AUGUSTA – Today, the Maine Supreme Court issued a decision ordering the LePage Administration to implement the voter-approved Medicaid Expansion law and file a State Plan Amendment. The decision dismissed the Administration’s appeal of previous court orders...
by Mary-Erin Casale | Jul 9, 2018 | Economy, Health Care, Maine Legislature
Voter-approved healthcare expansion still law, funding source undecided AUGUSTA – House Republicans sustained Governor Paul LePage’s veto of LD 837, An Act To Provide Supplemental Appropriations and Allocations for the Operations of State Government. The...
by Mary-Erin Casale | Jul 2, 2018 | Health Care, Maine Legislature
LePage vetoes LD 837, bill to fund voter-approved healthcare expansion AUGUSTA – Governor Paul LePage formally vetoed LD 837, An Act To Provide Supplemental Appropriations and Allocations for the Operations of State Government. The legislation received...
by Mary-Erin Casale | Jun 19, 2018 | Health Care, Maine Legislature
AUGUSTA – The Maine House of Representatives gave initial approval of a bill to fund both the administrative and claims cost of the voter-approved Medicaid Expansion law. The law will expand access to health care for 70,000 Mainers, make available over $500...
by Mary-Erin Casale | Jun 4, 2018 | Health Care, Maine Legislature
AUGUSTA – Today, the Maine Superior Court issued a decision ordering the LePage Administration to implement the voter-approved Medicaid Expansion law and file a State Plan Amendment. Speaker of the House Sara Gideon released the following statement: “Voters, and...
