This week, democrats in the Legislature unveiled their own plan to pay the MaineCare debt to the State’s hospitals on the same day Gov. Paul LePage brought his plan before a committee.
Both plans would give hospitals the $185,000,000 they’re owed by the State. But, the plans differ in how state government comes up with the money — and how it’s payed off.
NEWS CENTER/Bangor Daily News political analysts Phil Harriman and Ethan Strimling talk about the pros and cons of each plan; as well as the latest on the push to make lists of people who have concealed weapons permits inaccessible to the public.