Even before Maine lawmakers begin their review of Medicaid cuts that could leave 65,000 people without coverage, the talk is heating up over Governor Paul LePage’s plan that’s aimed at avoiding a $220 million state budget shortfall. Repeating his argument that the state faces a fiscal crisis due to unsustainable Medicaid costs, LePage went a step further and said Democrats “would rather deny the numbers, skew facts and ignore the problem altogether.’’
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