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No Need for Medicaid Recipients in Maine To Work, New Governor Says

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Maine's new Democratic governor has decided to pull the state out of a program designed to make poor people who qualify for health insurance from the government through Medicaid to work 80 hours a month. Governor Janet Mills reversed the course taken by former governor Paul LePage, a Republican, as she has much of the last few weeks since taking over, according to the Bangor Daily News.

Maine's new Democratic governor has decided to pull the state out of a program designed to make poor people who qualify for health insurance from the government through Medicaid to work 80 hours a month. Governor Janet Mills reversed the course taken by former governor Paul LePage, a Republican, as she has much of the last few weeks since taking over, according to the Bangor Daily News.…