Judge sets deadline for Maine Obamacare Medicaid expansion

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A judge on Wednesday ordered Maine Gov. Paul LePage to carry out the Obamacare Medicaid program expansion that voters approved more than a year ago through a ballot measure.

LePage, a Republican, soon will be ending his time as governor, but Kennebec County Superior Court Justice Michaela Murphy ordered the expansion to begin Dec. 5.

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