May we also suggest there be investigations into any and everything "green?"
Mills attempt to secure extra time has been denied. The records are due. The audits continue. And MaineCare’s track record of paying first and verifying later now carries a federal price tag.
Steve Robinson
February 27, 2026
Because Maine offers abundant welfare benefits to noncitizens, including Medicaid benefits, the state must differentiate between noncitizen welfare payments and citizen welfare payments, because only citizen welfare payments can be offloaded onto the Feds. If, however, the Mills administration tried to make Maine’s stretched budget work by shifting non-citizen welfare costs onto the federal government, Maine could be on the hook for hundreds of millions of dollars in illegal reimbursements.
That’s just one example of Medicaid money the Trump administration could clawback from Maine if a deeper investigation finds that the Mills administration skirted federal rules for administering the welfare program.
The full article can be read at the following weblink:
Maine Wire Exclusive: Janet Mills’ Attempt to Delay Trump’s Medicaid Fraud Investigation Rejected
by Thinklike A. Mountain
yesterday
May we also suggest there be investigations into any and everything "green?"
Mills attempt to secure extra time has been denied. The records are due. The audits continue. And MaineCare’s track record of paying first and verifying later now carries a federal price tag.
Steve Robinson
February 27, 2026
Because Maine offers abundant welfare benefits to noncitizens, including Medicaid benefits, the state must differentiate between noncitizen welfare payments and citizen welfare payments, because only citizen welfare payments can be offloaded onto the Feds. If, however, the Mills administration tried to make Maine’s stretched budget work by shifting non-citizen welfare costs onto the federal government, Maine could be on the hook for hundreds of millions of dollars in illegal reimbursements.
That’s just one example of Medicaid money the Trump administration could clawback from Maine if a deeper investigation finds that the Mills administration skirted federal rules for administering the welfare program.
The full article can be read at the following weblink:
https://www.themainewire.com/2026/02/dr-oz-janet-mills-somali-medicaid-fraud-letter-maine/