LD1948 is an emergency measure that immediately provides a one-time allocation of $117.6 million to fund MaineCare for fiscal year 2024-25.
The Maine State House of Representatives passed LD1948 on May 20, 2025 by a vote of 93 to 50. We have assigned pluses to the nays because this bill pours more taxpayer money into an already unsustainable and unconstitutional program. By rushing through an emergency bailout for MaineCare, LD1948 deepens the state’s reliance on federal Medicaid dollars and props up a failing government-run healthcare model. MaineCare, as part of Medicaid, is not authorized anywhere in Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution, and these programs inevitably come with federal “quality metric” mandates and other strings attached. Instead of perpetually rescuing the system with emergency infusions, Maine should allow the free market—not government bailouts and federal dictates—to determine which providers succeed.