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13 October
5:30 pm

the budget that the Democrats passed last year included a hundred million dollar reserve fund to pay back the federal government for problems that they might find in state operating Medicaid services

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Rick Bennett, at Maine Governor General Election Debate (WGME)

5:30 pm
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Why we checked itSpecific dollar figure ($100 million) attributed to a specific budget action by Democrats, verifiable against Maine state budget records
What we foundNo source found confirms or denies that the Democrats' most recent Maine budget included a $100 million reserve fund specifically to repay the federal government for problems found in state Medicaid operating services.
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