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• 🚨 Maine's Medicaid program suspended billing for Augusta-based Decent Health Care LLC after the state's Program Integrity Unit found credible evidence the company billed for services never provided. The suspension notice was issued June 30, 2026. Decent Health Care is one of five providers Maine has suspended amid a broader investigation into suspected Medicaid fraud. State records obtained by The Maine Wire show Decent Health Care billed MaineCare $1,121,430 in 2024, its first year of operati

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• 🚨 Vice President JD Vance called Sen. Susan Collins "the most independent member of the United States Senate" during remarks in Brewer, Maine, delivering a notable endorsement of the five-term Republican senator amid her high-stakes re-election race. Speaking at Compotech, a defense technology manufacturer, Vance praised Collins directly, saying she "is coming to work every single day and fighting not for a political party... she fights for the great people of Maine." Vance also noted that Col

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• 🚨 Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) is backing a requirement that first-time voters show proof of U.S. citizenship while drawing a clear line against mail-in ballot restrictions she says would burden seniors. Speaking on the campaign trail, Collins said she supports the SAVE Act provision for new registrants, stating: "Only Americans should be voting in American elections." Collins said she opposes a proposed U.S. Postal Service rule that would refuse to deliver absentee ballots in states that have no

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• 🚨 Maine Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Troy Jackson says he supports Medicare for All and has championed the policy for years, describing the health care industry as a "monopoly" that needs to be addressed. Jackson, a former president of the Maine State Senate and Aroostook County native, said he and former Democratic primary winner Graham Platner were closely aligned on policy: "Me and Graham were pretty aligned on our policies. I believe Medicare for all, I've been fighting for that forever.

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• 🚨 A Maine health care provider billed MaineCare $1,121,430 in 2024 and $4,848,112 in 2025, just its second year of operation. Now, the Maine Department of Health and Human Services has suspended Decent Health Care's billing access entirely. DHHS's Program Integrity Unit issued the suspension on June 30, citing credible suspicion that the Augusta-based company billed MaineCare for services it never actually provided. The suspension is not a fraud conviction. It is a documented government action

  31 August 2026 · Portland Post · $0 – $99 · 1K+ impressions · Informational · Ad Library

• 🚨 Maine Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Troy Jackson says he wishes Graham Platner had remained in the race, telling interviewers: "I wish things would have continued, it would have been much better." Platner, a veteran and oyster farmer, had won Maine's Democratic primary in June with more than 70% of the vote before formally withdrawing from the race. The Maine Secretary of State's office confirmed receipt of his official notice of withdrawal. Hours after Platner's exit, the Maine Democratic

  31 August 2026 · Portland Post · $0 – $99 · 1K+ impressions · Informational · Ad Library