Former LePage aide is running Medicaid

• Mayhew shared LePage’s staunch opposition to expanding Medicaid, and under her leadership the state proposed some of the most aggressive eligibility rollbacks of any state.
• Maine sought permission to impose work requirements, as well to limit how long people could maintain Medicaid coverage and to mandate drug testing for Medicaid beneficiaries.

Seema Verma, who oversees Medicare and Medicaid and is now Mayhew’s boss, came from a similar background — she was a consultant who helped red states write their proposed Medicaid waivers.