At question was a calculation by the Alexander Group in its Medicaid Expansion Feasibility Study that attempted to calculate the cost of a potential expansion. The group said that expanding Medicaid, known in the state as MaineCare, would cost Maine $807 million over 10 years. Crucial to that calculation is the projected contribution of the […]
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Drafts show Maine Medicaid study reworked, softened
AUGUSTA — A state-funded study on the impact of a Medicaid expansion was modified substantially from its first to final draft, according to a Bangor Daily News and Sun Journal review of multiple revision documents. Late on Friday, the Maine Department of Health and Human Services released three earlier versions of the Rhode Island-based Alexander […]
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Consultant says expanding Medicaid in Maine could cost $807 million
AUGUSTA — A consultant’s report that shows expanding Medicaid in Maine could cost the state $807 million over 10 years renders the proposal unaffordable, Department of Health and Human Services Commissioner Mary Mayhew said Friday. The long-awaited report’s findings were presented at a news conference by Mayhew and Gary Alexander, the author of the report […]
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DHHS to release Medicaid report Friday
LEWISTON — The Department of Health and Human Services has scheduled a 1 p.m. news conference Friday to present findings of the so-called Alexander report. Gary Alexander, who has been contracted by DHHS to study Maine’s welfare programs, will also attend to present his “Feasibility of Medicaid Expansion in Maine under the Affordable Care Act” […]
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H. Brooks: Biased consultants
The LePage administration’s Department of Health and Human Services has hired the Alexander Group to study MaineCare, including accepting federal funds to provide health care for 69,500 Mainers. Taxpayers are paying this out-of-state consulting group $925,000 to tell the administration what it wants to hear. The group is biased toward cutting programs, an observation based […]
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A. Pelletier: Waste of tax dollars
Two stories appeared in the online version of the Sun Journal Nov 20: “LePage threatens to sue Legislature over state budget,” written by the Bangor Daily News, and “Lawmakers challenge LePage on contract for Medicare critic,” written by the Sun Journal’s Scott Thistle. How can the state Appropriations Committee come up with a balanced budget […]
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Governor adds pricey consultant to political staff
Taxpayers get suspicious when they hear the words no-bid contract because, well, that’s not the way government normally works. Detailed specifications are usually followed by multiple bids, which usually result in the highest quality work at the lowest price. Failing to seek bids invariably means paying top dollar for the work to be done. And […]