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Maine Voted to Expand Medicaid. Judge Orders the State to Get Moving.
,New York Slime ^ | June 4, 2018 | Abby Goodnough

Posted on 06/05/2018 8:47:24 AM PDT by buckalfa

WASHINGTON — Seven months after Maine voters approved a ballot measure to expand Medicaid to tens of thousands of additional residents, a state judge on Monday ordered Gov. Paul LePage’s administration to stop stonewalling and move ahead with the plan.

It was the second victory in a week for Medicaid expansion, which became possible under the Affordable Care Act. Lawmakers in Virginia voted last week to open the program to an additional 400,000 residents. Advocates in Utah have succeeded in getting a question on the November ballot about expanding Medicaid, and similar efforts are underway in Idaho and Nebraska.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Health/Medicine; Society
KEYWORDS: maine; medicaid; obamacare
Will of the voters backed by a state judge wanting more free stuff. Short of delaying action by appeal, what cut in other services will the governor be allowed to make by the legislature to fund the Medicaid expansion? Unfortunately the obvious answer is no spending cuts but higher taxes.
1 posted on 06/05/2018 8:47:24 AM PDT by buckalfa
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To: buckalfa

The only solution would be to abolish Medicaid, Obama Care and Medicare.


2 posted on 06/05/2018 8:50:02 AM PDT by Blue House Sue
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To: buckalfa

“...what cut in other services...”

Cut in services? Shirley you jest.


3 posted on 06/05/2018 8:56:12 AM PDT by moovova
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Wouldn’t it be funny if they are not acting because they simply can’t act without destroying the state.


4 posted on 06/05/2018 8:56:37 AM PDT by robroys woman (So you're not confused, I'm using my wife's account.)
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To: moovova
"Cut in services? Shirley you jest."

Don't call me Shirley!

5 posted on 06/05/2018 9:01:00 AM PDT by buckalfa (I was so much older then, but I'm younger than that now.)
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Governor: How will we pay for it?
Court: It doesn’t matter. Start paying for it.

Virginia is going to take a huge hit on this debacle. If the Democrats take over the GA, we better elect a Democrat for governor. A Republican will just be the scapegoat for the collapse.


6 posted on 06/05/2018 9:02:03 AM PDT by AppyPappy (Don't mistake your dorm political discussions with the desires of the nation)
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Be funnier if they think Fed is going to bail them out


7 posted on 06/05/2018 9:06:10 AM PDT by Nailbiter
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To: AppyPappy

I suggest a new funding formula. The state should take notice of the areas which approved the measure and the level of support there. Then the taxes should apply in such percentages that model the vote most closely. The highest supporting areas should bear the highest burden of the increased taxes.


8 posted on 06/05/2018 9:06:39 AM PDT by Sgt_Schultze (When your business model depends on slave labor, you're always going to need more slaves.)
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It was everywhere. The best way to pay for expansion is a tax on the poor because they have the most money. Just raise the sales tax a few cents.
The people who benefit the most from Medicaid Expansion are fraudsters. Medicaid is Welfare and therefore not audited very heavily. Expansion will just mean the ER’s will be filled with people trying to get drugs. Most doctors won’t take it. The ones that do are usually scamming the system.


9 posted on 06/05/2018 9:11:31 AM PDT by AppyPappy (Don't mistake your dorm political discussions with the desires of the nation)
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To: Nailbiter

Be funnier if they think Fed is going to bail them out


They’d have to wait for a democrat president. That could take a while. :)


10 posted on 06/05/2018 9:13:27 AM PDT by robroys woman (So you're not confused, I'm using my wife's account.)
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To: buckalfa

We’re losing the narrative. People love free stuff even though it’s not free for everyone. So sad to see this happening.


11 posted on 06/05/2018 9:46:37 AM PDT by lucky american (Progressives are attac Iking our rights and y'all will sit there and take it.)
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Gov. LePage will continue to slow-walk this turd by tossing it back to the legislature with the stipulation that its cost must be drawn from cutting existing spending. Maine’s job situation is quite rosy, and the only ones who aren’t working (other than the elderly or disabled) are those who want their lives subsidized. 70,000 on the waiting list? Patooie!


12 posted on 06/05/2018 10:09:05 AM PDT by pingman ("I ain't in no ways tarred.." of WINNING!)
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Gov. LePage should ignore this fiat.


13 posted on 06/05/2018 11:20:32 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj ("It's Slappin' Time !")
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There is no waiting list. That is a fictious concept generated by the proponents. I think if forced to do this we would be hard pressed to find 10,000 eligible for the program. 70,000 is about 5% of the population of Maine. The disputed group is low income healthy single adults 20 to 60. There are not that many such persons in Maine.


14 posted on 06/05/2018 4:23:28 PM PDT by Steven Scharf
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To: buckalfa
Maine Voted to Expand Medicaid. Judge Orders the State to Get Moving.

Names, please...

Who is this "judge..."
...and how fast can he/she/it run?

15 posted on 06/05/2018 4:25:00 PM PDT by publius911
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