Last year, Maine legislators voted by a large majority to accept federal funds to extend health insurance coverage to 69,500 low-income Mainers, but they fell a few votes shy of reaching the two-thirds margin needed to override a veto from Governor Paul LePage. Why are the governor and a minority of legislators determined to turn down these new federal funds for Medicaid that would help tens of thousands of citizens as well as health care providers throughout Maine?
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Web site: Scholars Strategy Network
PDF: “Debunking Myths about Health Reform Dollars for Maine”
Christy Daggett is a policy analyst for the Maine Center for Economic Policy.
