Governor Calls on Leadership to Vote on Hospital Bill

AUGUSTA – Governor Paul R. LePage called on legislative leadership today to allow a vote on his plan to pay nearly $500 million in welfare debt the state owes Maine’s hospitals.

“Republicans and many good Democrats have been ready for months to pay the hospitals, and the Maine people know it is the right thing to do,” said Governor LePage. “I’m calling on Democratic leadership to let legislators take a simple up-or-down vote on my plan.”