Maine Equal Justice Partners, Et Al., v. Maine Department Of Health & Human Services

The lawsuit was filed on April 29, 2018, by Maine Equal Justice Partners (MEJP) to force the state to implement Medicaid expansion as approved in a ballot initiative in November 2017. However, after the measure passed, Governor Paul R. LePage said his administration would not implement the Medicaid expansion until it has been fully funded by the Legislature at the level recommended by DHHS. In June 2018, the Maine Superior Court ruled that the Maine DHHS was required by state law to file a State Plan Amendment (SPA) to implement the expansion. DHHS appealed the decision to the Maine Supreme . . .