A Vote Expanded Medicaid in Maine. The Governor Is Ignoring It.
“The showdown is on the extreme end of tensions playing out this election year in a number of Republican-controlled states that have resisted expanding Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act. Following Maine’s lead, advocacy groups in Idaho, Nebraska and Utah have gathered enough signatures to get Medicaid expansion measures on their state ballots this November, although Nebraska’s have yet to be certified. Already, two prominent Republicans there, a state senator and former state senator, have challenged the effort in court.”