Maine Governor Slammed For Vetoing Medicaid–In Obituary

Posted by | July 31, 2015 11:00 | Filed under: News Behaving Badly Politics

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Governor Paul LePage is slammed in an obituary for vetoing Medicaid expansion that might have saved a woman’s life.

A Maine woman might not have lost her battle with heroin addiction if the state’s governor had not vetoed Medicaid expansion, her ex-husband said in an unusual obituary.

Coleen Sheran Singer overdosed Christmas morning at 32, although her obituary was not published until this week by the Bangor Daily News.

The obituary notice, which was written by ex-husband Brent Singer, is among a growing number of death notices that directly address addiction as both a warning and to lend support to other families struggling with the loss of a loved one to heroin.

Singer admits his former wife made a series of choices that led directly to her fatal overdose, but he also said mental illness and addiction are too often ignored — particularly by Maine’s Republican Gov. Paul LePage, reported the Portland Press Herald.

The Tea Party conservative LePage stopped legislation to expand MaineCare, subsidized health insurance for low-income residents, and Singer said his ex-wife likely would have been eligible for methadone treatment if the governor had not repeatedly thwarted health care reform.

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12 responses to Maine Governor Slammed For Vetoing Medicaid–In Obituary

  1. Hirightnow July 31st, 2015 at 12:02

    Sure,liberal;and not invading countries with oil will save American lives.
    Pull the other one.

  2. allison1050 July 31st, 2015 at 12:15

    Well, I must say the people of Maine have gotten just exactly what they voted for.

  3. Warman1138 July 31st, 2015 at 12:27

    LePage will probably end up blaming president Obama.

    • jasperjava July 31st, 2015 at 16:56

      It’s the famed Obamacare “death panel”.

  4. Bunya July 31st, 2015 at 13:53

    This poor woman hasn’t been a fetus for over 32 years so, according to the republicans and the religious right, her life has diminished greatly in value. Maine, remember this next time you’re at the polls.

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  5. rg9rts July 31st, 2015 at 15:01

    Ignoring the ill and needy is part of the job description of any member of the gopee….especially the fetus as it becomes a baby

    • Hirightnow July 31st, 2015 at 18:00

      After the third trimester, the bootstraps develop….

      • rg9rts July 31st, 2015 at 18:11

        LOL

      • whatthe46 August 3rd, 2015 at 22:19

        now i’m so so so so stealing… wait, nope, stolen.

  6. GOP - Party of Neanderthals August 3rd, 2015 at 22:09

    Drug addiction is a medical issue -not a judicial one.

    • whatthe46 August 3rd, 2015 at 22:18

      unless you’re the limpdiks of the population.

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