Maine Residents Encouraged To Apply For Medicaid Under Voter-OK'd Expansion, But Governor Says He'll Deny Them

1.0KFF Health Newshttps://kffhealthnews.orgbrilabuskeshttps://kffhealthnews.org/news/author/brilabuskes/Maine Residents Encouraged To Apply For Medicaid Under Voter-OK'd Expansion, But Governor Says He'll Deny Them - KFF Health Newsrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="qzp2IHDLp2"><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-breakout/maine-residents-encouraged-to-apply-for-medicaid-under-voter-okd-expansion-but-governor-says-hell-deny-them/">Maine Residents Encouraged To Apply For Medicaid Under Voter-OK’d Expansion, But Governor Says He’ll Deny Them</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-breakout/maine-residents-encouraged-to-apply-for-medicaid-under-voter-okd-expansion-but-governor-says-hell-deny-them/embed/#?secret=qzp2IHDLp2" width="600" height="338" title="“Maine Residents Encouraged To Apply For Medicaid Under Voter-OK’d Expansion, But Governor Says He’ll Deny Them” — KFF Health News" data-secret="qzp2IHDLp2" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> "I don't know why the Legislature refuses to acknowledge that Medicaid is not free," Republican Gov. Paul LePage said. Advocates have been encouraging residents to apply for benefits, but LePage is remaining staunchly against the expansion. Medicaid news comes out of Nevada and Iowa, as well.