PORTLAND (WGME) — Maine’s three gubernatorial candidates sparred Tuesday night over allegations of Medicaid fraud in the state.
The Trump administration says it’s auditing MaineCare, looking into how the state handles funding to prevent fraud.
The audit comes as Maine’s Department of Health and Human Services says it’s investigating several credible allegations of MaineCare fraud, something state leaders say they were already doing without federal scrutiny.
The state has suspended payments to five providers based on those allegations.
Republican Bobby Charles said MaineCare fraud is a major problem in the state.
“The problem is enormous in MaineCare, it lets back up in time, the reason that we’re facing a lot of fraud, and it relates, again, to mismanagement, is that the Pingree/Mills team accepted Medicaid expansion without funding it. So you’ve got a whole bunch of…
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