Maine votes to expand obama-care

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  • November 8, 2017 at 6:01 pm #77146
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    Maine:https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/11/7/16619270/maine-medicaid-expansion-obamacare

    “….Maine is the first state to expand Medicaid during the Trump administration, and also the first to do so via a ballot initiative rather than legislation. This offers a possible playbook for health care advocates in other states looking to extend coverage but stymied by political opposition.

    Medicaid expansion actually has a fair amount of bipartisan support in Maine. Earlier this year, I wrote about a Republican state legislator named Tom Saviello who has repeatedly introduced bills to expand the Medicaid program.

    “The people I represent need this,” he told me. “It’s as simple as that.”

    The legislature had actually passed five separate bills to expand Medicaid prior to the ballot initiative. But Maine Gov. Paul LePage, a Republican, has vetoed all of them. Unsurprisingly, LePage had also been a vocal opponent of the Tuesday ballot initiative. Here’s what he said in a radio address last week…”

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