(The Center Square) — Maine is being pressured to ramp up oversight of its Medicaid programs amid increasing federal scrutiny of alleged fraud and wasteful spending.  

On Tuesday, the group Lead Maine delivered more than 3,000 certified voter signatures to the state Department of Health and Human Services, petitioning the agency to adopt two new rules tightening oversight of MaineCare spending. 

Christen is a regional editor for The Center Square and co-host of Pennsylvania in Focus, a weekly podcast on America's Talking Network. Find her work in The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Broad + Liberty, RealClear, and the Washington Examiner. 

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