Maine judge orders GOP governor to implement Medicaid expansion

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

A Maine judge on Wednesday ruled that the state must implement an expansion of Medicaid passed by voters last year, despite strong objections from outgoing GOP Gov. Paul LePage.

The ruling follows a long legal battle over the expansion of Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act. Voters passed the expansion last year, but LePage has steadfastly refused to follow that decision.

Maine Superior Court Justice Michaela Murphy on Wednesday ordered LePage to comply, and set a deadline of Dec. 5 for putting in place rules around the expansion.

“Although the Governor may believe implementation to be unwise and disagree with the Act as a matter of policy, he may not ignore the will of the people and refuse to take any action toward accomplishing the policy objectives of the Act,” Murphy wrote in the opinion.

https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/417904-maine-judge-orders-gop-governor-to-implement-medicaid-expansion

Does LePage think he's a dictator? How Trumpian of him.

[Just a Weirdo]

1. The deadline is too long.

Give LePage until 11:59pm Friday to comply or spend the rest of his term in prison in contempt of the court and fined 1 million a day until he complies. Paid out of his own pocket not on taxpayers dollars.

Then finally inject him with a fatal disease whose antidote expires at 11:58pm on Friday.

[Scurrilous]

2. K&R