Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey has once again joined a coalition of states, this time in suing the federal Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) over new rules for the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
The plaintiff states argue in the lawsuit that the changes advanced by DHHS and CMS could cause up to 1.8 million people to lose their health insurance coverage beginning in 2026.
“This rule creates unnecessary barriers for the nearly 65,000 Mainers who get their health insurance from the exchange to stay covered,” said Attorney General Frey in a statement this past Thursday explaining his decision to join this lawsuit.
“Not only is the rule not about efficiency or reducing waste, but it is intentionally designed to create more red tape and make enrollment harder,” he continued. “We know that when people do not have health insurance, they wait until their health issues become worse, more expensive and less treatable.”
“Once again,” he added, “this is a cruel attack on the structures that keep citizens well and my fellow attorneys general and I are fighting to stop this rule from taking effect.”
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Author: Marty Kaufmann
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