AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Gov. Paul LePage and legislative Democrats, already at odds over the state budget and repaying a debt to hospitals, found something new Thursday to disagree on: a letter from federal officials about expansion of Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act.
The letter from a Department of Health and Human Services official, which was received last week, says the department has tentatively determined that childless adults would be eligible for 100 percent federal funding for the three calendar years starting in 2014, and that the federal match gradually declines, reaching 90 percent in 2020.
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