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13 October
5:55 pm

another one point three billion unpaid, hospitals not paid

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Bobby Charles, at Maine Governor General Election Debate (WGME)

5:55 pm
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Why we checked itSpecific dollar figure claimed regarding unpaid obligations to hospitals in Maine over the last eight years — verifiable against state financial records
What we foundNo source confirms a $1.3 billion figure as the amount Maine owes or has left unpaid to hospitals; the $1.3 billion figure consistently appears in sources as Maine's projected state budget structural gap, not a discrete hospital debt.
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