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Lead Maine is on a mission to educate our fellow Mainers on the issues that affect us all, mobilize citizens to achieve long term societal and electoral change, and advance a conservative Maine where individuals, families, and businesses flourish.

1) Real in-person inspections2) Payment controls during active billing investigationsLead Maine's MaineCare Accountabili...
09/03/2026

1) Real in-person inspections
2) Payment controls during active billing investigations

Lead Maine's MaineCare Accountability Project just makes sense! We're proposing rules that will provide much needed accountability, while the Governor Janet Mills administration discourages it. Speak up TODAY in support of these common sense rules!

09/02/2026

"MaineCare’s integrity is important to all vulnerable beneficiaries. It is time to reform it so it will be there for years to come."

Ruth Matt, a retired financial advisor from Portland wrote in for MaineCare accountability in the Portland Press Herald. YOU can too!

Submit your LTE to support our common sense rules for MaineCare providers at the link below.

Myth: Accountability rules only punish providers.Fact: Honest providers follow the rules. Weak oversight makes it harder...
09/01/2026

Myth: Accountability rules only punish providers.
Fact: Honest providers follow the rules. Weak oversight makes it harder for them when bad billing keeps a free hand.

09/01/2026

FAQ: What does "real in-person inspection" mean?

If a visit is supposed to count for MaineCare provider oversight, someone should be on site. A phone call is NOT in person.

Myth: These MaineCare rules cut benefits.Fact: They set provider inspection and payment-control standards. Member benefi...
08/31/2026

Myth: These MaineCare rules cut benefits.
Fact: They set provider inspection and payment-control standards. Member benefits and eligibility stay in place.

Read the proposals and submit your comment TODAY!

08/31/2026

Recent revelations expose ongoing problems in MaineCare oversight. By mid 2026 the Department of Health and Human Services had suspended payments to five providers based on credible allegations of fraud. They implemented two emergency terminations over serious health and safety risks. They took licensing enforcement action against fifteen Personal Care Agencies. Actions included conditional licenses, refused renewals, and assessed penalties.

One Portland provider was found to have overbilled by more than one million dollars in a recent audit. A federal HHS Office of Inspector General audit determined that Maine made at least 45.6 million dollars in improper fee for service Medicaid payments for rehabilitative and community support services for children with autism. There were compliance issues in every single sampled claim.

With nearly one in three Mainers enrolled in a program costing taxpayers well over a billion dollars annually, these failures are unacceptable. Desk based reviews and delayed enforcement are not working. Taxpayers deserve real accountability and oversight. Thats why we're pushing for in-person verification, post payment audits, and payment pauses before taxpayers are on the hook for fraud and waste.

Lead Maine is fighting for exactly this level of accountability on MaineCare and every taxpayer program.

What will it take for Augusta to deliver real protection for hard earned tax dollars in our largest programs?

Speak up at the link below!

08/28/2026

MaineCare is one of the LARGEST commitments in the state budget... $1.4 BILLION per year!

Lead Maine is asking for basic stewardship on the provider side:
• In-person inspections that are actually in person
• Payment controls during active billing investigations

Common sense accountability!

08/27/2026

Plain English on Lead Maine's proposed MaineCare rules:

A site visit should mean someone is ON SITE. Phone-only should NOT count.

When a provider is under active billing investigation, payments should not be paid like nothing is wrong. Providers cleared of wrongdoing can be paid in full.

That is provider oversight... accountability that's lacking from Governor Janet Mills and the Democrat majority!

08/27/2026

Our phone team is calling Mainers to help them comment on MaineCare accountability... an easy way to speak up!

Want to join the team? Reply CALL!
Want to comment now? It takes LESS than 2 minutes... link below!

DHHS finally opened the comment period on our MaineCare accountability proposal!Submit yours today. Thank you for speaki...
08/27/2026

DHHS finally opened the comment period on our MaineCare accountability proposal!

Submit yours today. Thank you for speaking up for common sense safegaurds for taxpayers and the vulnerable patients who rely on MaineCare!

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