Gov. Paul LePage and state lawmakers are at odds about how to fund a voter-approved Medicaid expansion that was supposed to take effect on July 2.
I'm Andrew Cohen in this is your Muni minute Maine's Healthcare System hits a spotlight on two fronts this week the main health and higher education facilities Authority will sell a hundred Eighty-Four million dollars of revenue bonds in a negotiated deal separately Governor.
Paul LePage is battling State lawmakers over funding for voter approved Medicaid expansion That was supposed to take effect July 2nd.
Well page recently vetoed a measure to pay for the program through one time.
Tobacco settlement and budget surplus funds the legislature will convene this week to attempt a veto override or form another funding proposal the Republican Governor proposed a tax increase on hospitals.
That is met stiff resistance from the state's healthcare industry.
I'm Andrew Cohen, and this has been your Muni minute.
More drama in Maine as healthcare takes center stage
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