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PublishedNovember 21, 2018
LePage plans to appeal court order for immediate steps to expand Medicaid
Justice Michaela Murphy says the governor can't ignore the will of the people who passed the law extending health care coverage to as many as 80,000 low-income Mainers.
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PublishedNovember 7, 2018
Mills says she’ll implement Medicaid expansion as soon as she’s governor
The governor-elect appeared at a court hearing Wednesday in a lawsuit that expansion advocates brought against Gov. LePage.
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PublishedOctober 23, 2018
Attorney General’s Office backs Medicaid expansion lawsuit against LePage administration
Attorney General Janet Mills, who is running for governor, has recused herself and is not named in the filing supporting the lawsuit accusing the administration of illegally blocking Medicaid expansion.
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PublishedOctober 14, 2018
Maine’s candidates for governor weigh in on health care policy
How each would tackle Medicaid expansion, the opioid crisis and protecting Maine's most vulnerable exposes differences.
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PublishedSeptember 28, 2018
Nonprofit drops call to replace LePage administration in Medicaid expansion
The shift came Friday as attorneys for Maine Equal Justice Partners and DHHS wrapped up witness testimony in a legal case over Medicaid expansion.
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PublishedSeptember 27, 2018
Judge hears arguments in Medicaid expansion lawsuit as applicants get denied
Lawyers for Maine Equal Justice Partners tell Justice Michaela Murphy that the LePage administration should have implemented expansion by July 2, but the administration's attorney contends the Legislature must fund the measure first.
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PublishedSeptember 21, 2018
Advocacy group makes new legal move to block LePage’s efforts to reject Medicaid expansion
Maine Equal Justice Partners wants a judge to bring in an outside party to amend the state's expansion plan and short-circuit the governor's request that the federal government reject the plan.
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PublishedSeptember 20, 2018
Maine court to hear arguments in fight over implementing Medicaid expansion
The state's top court recently left consideration of constitutional issues about Medicaid expansion to a Superior Court judge, who will begin to weigh such matters next week.
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PublishedSeptember 18, 2018
Medicaid supporters urge federal agency to ignore LePage letter, approve expansion
Three parties argue in letters that the U.S. government should allow 70,000 more Mainers to get health coverage as state law dictates, despite the governor's opposition.
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PublishedSeptember 10, 2018
LePage vows to keep denying Medicaid applications until lawmakers ‘give me the money’
Mainers voted last fall to expand the health insurance program and lawmakers approved the funding in June, but the governor vetoed the bill.
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