Mills’ office opposes LePage in Medicaid expansion court fight that will drag past Election Day

6 years ago

Good morning from Augusta, where Gov. Paul LePage and Attorney General Janet Mills’ office are officially on opposite sides of yet another court fight — the one over Medicaid expansion, with the next courtroom arguments set for the day after Election Day.

By then, Mills could be the governor-elect or the lame-duck attorney general, a position that other Democrats will circle around if she loses the race to replace LePage on Nov. 6. The tenor of the ongoing debate over expanding Medicaid to 70,000 Mainers will hinge on that outcome.

To read the rest of “Mills’ office opposes LePage in Medicaid expansion court fight that will drag past Election Day,” an article by contributing Bangor Daily News staff writer Michael Shepherd, please follow this link to the BDN online.