LePage's stonewalling is currently tied up in courts, and 70,000 Mainers are still waiting to be allowed to enroll.https://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/court-again-thwarts-lepages-attempt-to-slowroll-medicaid-expansion …
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NEW: The Trump admin has just appointed Mary Mayhew as the new head of Medicaid. She was previously the top health official for Maine Gov. Paul LePage, who refused to implement the Medicaid expansion voters approved a year ago.
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Mayhew's tenure in Maine also included tightening the state's Medicaid eligibility standards and adding work requirements to the food stamp program.
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UPDATE: HHS says in an email to reporters that Mayhew is *not required* to recuse herself from making decisions regarding Maine (like its pending Medicaid expansion plan) but will do so anyway to avoid the appearance of a conflict of interest.
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Omg
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OK. What’s HER position on it?
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She's awful. She screwed up Maine's DHHS and left a mess.
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Seriously?
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This is bad.
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THIS is why we desperately need the BLUE WAVE. Without it, our country, our very lives will be lost.
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They wouldn't believe it anyway. That's the problem...
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