LePage Tries To Block Medicaid Expansion In Maine By Labeling It 'Welfare'

[DonViejo]

By ALICE OLLSTEIN Published AUGUST 30, 2017 6:00 AM

Is Medicaid “insurance” or is it “welfare”?

The battle taking place in Maine right now over this semantic question could determine whether the state becomes the first in the nation to adopt Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion by popular vote.

Mainers have until Friday to weigh in on the exact wording of a ballot initiative, which if it passes would allow Maine to join the 30-plus states that have expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act.

Conservative groups and state Republicans, led by Maine’s firebrand Gov. Paul LePage (R), are pushing for the Medicaid expansion to be characterized on the ballot as welfare in the hopes that people will then vote it down.

“It’s free health care paid for by the taxpayers, and it’s got to be said that way,” LePage told talk radio hosts at WGAN last Thursday. “It’s pure welfare. If you don’t want to call it welfare, call it an entitlement.”

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[bronxiteforever]

1. The Maine hating Governor of Maine.

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2. Aren't the taxpayers covering LePage's medical care? So HE is receiving welfare by his definition

Picket his office with signs saying "We want our taxes back, you welfare cheat!"