The LePage administration is asking the federal government to pick up 100 percent of Maine's costs of expanding Medicaid for 10 years, if Maine is to agree to the expansion through the national health insurance law.

As a legislative committee took up competing plans to pay Maine's $484 million debt to the state's hospitals for past Medicaid debts, Gov. Paul LePage on Monday signaled for the first time a willingness to discuss expansion of Medicaid under the national health care law.

Maine's legislative Democrats on Wednesday sought to put the best face on a rating agency's downgrading of state bonds, saying it targets the very issues they are focused on this session.

The federal government is asking Maine to refund $9.2 million because of errors in calculating claims in the state's Medicaid program.

A report that outlines an important component of health insurance reform in Maine, a health care exchange where people can shop for policies, was met with expressions of frustration by Democrats as it was presented Monday to a legislative committee.

A state budget that encompasses key policy changes proposed by Maine Gov. Paul LePage, including pension rollbacks and tax breaks, was on the verge of final approval Wednesday.

Calling it a top priority of his administration, Gov. Paul LePage on Tuesday signed into law a bill designed to lower health insurance costs and cover more Mainers through a series of market changes including a new high risk pool and allowing smaller companies to band together to get better...

The Maine Senate on Monday passed a health insurance overhaul bill that allows more interstate purchases and subsidies for some groups, setting the stage for Gov. Paul LePage's expected signature.