Maine's Governor, Paul LePage, has signed into law a compromise supplemental budget (L.D. 1816) that freezes new Medicaid enrollment for childless adults and phases in cutbacks on low-income parents.
On November 29, 2011 Alabama, Arizona, Delaware, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Maine, Michigan, Nebraska, New Mexico, Rhode Island, Tennessee, and Vermont received federal funding to help establish state-based health insurance excahnges.