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Weekly Radio Address: Senator Lachowicz says, "Maine people deserve better than a bad CEO who rewards mismanagement, scandal, and incompetence"

Posted: July 19, 2014

  Good morning, this is State Senator Colleen Lachowicz of Waterville.   For nearly two years, I’ve served on the Legislature’s Health...

TROUBLED RIDES VENDOR RECEIVES $5 MILLION IN UNEXPLAINED STATE MONEY

Posted: June 17, 2014

The Department no-shows to meeting; questions remain unanswered   AUGUSTA—The LePage administration on Tuesday again failed to meet with the...

MPBN: MaineCare Rides Contract Award Raises Concern

Posted: April 25, 2014

Reported by Patty B. Wright You can read more here. Maine's Department of Health and Human Services has selected new brokers to run the state's...

GOP SUSTAINS VETO OF BILL TO CANCEL TROUBLED MAINECARE RIDES CONTRACTS

Posted: April 15, 2014

AUGUSTA--In a vote of 20-15 Republican Senators sustained Governor LePage’s veto of a measure that would have prevented the Department of Health...

VETO SPREE HITS THOUSANDS HURT BY FLAWED MAINECARE RIDES SYSTEM

Posted: April 14, 2014

LePage ignores impact on 45,000 Mainers depending on rides to medical appointments, work AUGUSTA-- In spite of months of mismanagement by his...

Portland Press Herald: Maine Senate votes in favor of MaineCare rides fix

Posted: March 25, 2014

By Joe Lawlor You can read more here. The Maine Senate voted mostly along party lines Monday to make changes to the troubled MaineCare rides...

SENATE APPROVES MEASURE TO ADDRESS FLAWED MAINECARE RIDES SYSTEM

Posted: March 24, 2014

Department’s mismanagement has cost taxpayers millions, hurt thousands of Mainers AUGUSTA---In a 21-14 vote, the Senate gave initial approval to...

Morning Sentinel: MaineCare rides to be reviewed in legislative work session on Wednesday

Posted: February 18, 2014

By Jessica Hall Read more here Legislators could proposal changes that affect the two largest providers of rides for MaineCare members The...

Free Press: Eye on Augusta: DHHS Will Not Renew Contract with Controversial Ride Broker, Gov. Signs GMO Labeling Law

Posted: January 16, 2014

By Andy O'Brien Read more here The Office of MaineCare services has decided not to renew its contracts with Connecticut-based Coordinated...

MPBN: Jackson: End Maine's Contract with Embattled MaineCare Rides Provider

Posted: January 10, 2014

By AJ Higgins Read more here   The state department of Health and Human Services has decided that it will not renew contracts with an...