As was expected, the legislature was unable to override Gov.Paul Lepage's veto of the law that would expand Medicaid in Maine. Thank you Republicans, your war on lower income people rages on. Another version of the expansion was put forth with some concessions to placate Republicans. Also today the Lepage administration received news from the Feds that they will not credit Maine for the health care expansion that it undertook in the past. In question were the funds that Maine provided to expand coverage to non-disabled parents meeting the income requirement. Incidentally, these folk were going to lose coverage in January anyway so Lepage wanted credit for benefits that were to be eliminated. What a dunce. Lepage needs to agree to this expansion and stop being a bully. Hopefully the new version of expansion,.unfettered to hospital expansion, will garner Lepage's support. If he vetoes expansion again, he will have no reason except his callous contempt for Maine's lower income people. Again, shame on you Lepage!! And shame on my Representative, Mike Nadeau, for taking his side.
-Louwis
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