Just weeks earlier, in December 2025, Maine DHHS suspended MaineCare payments to Gateway Community Services LLC after alleging more than $1.1 million in improper billing and potential fraud. Mills Administration Pushes BackGovernor Janet Mills’ administration has rejected the characterization that Maine is failing to police fraud. Still no answers… pic.twitter.com/h4XDDhyHF7 — The Maine Wire (@TheMaineWire) January 7, 2026Governor Mills has declined or failed to respond to at least six requests from this reporter seeking comment on the issue. Janet Mills snuck a provision into the new supplemental budget that will force Maine taxpayers to pay for any fraud uncovered by the Trump administration. Maine Wire reporter @Seamus_Othot asked JD Vance if the federal government can do anything to protect Mainers from this… pic.twitter.com/elQfiWI9sM — The Maine Wire (@TheMaineWire) May 14, 2026Instead, the administration has largely relied on written statements from DHHS officials while resisting direct questions about the expanding federal scrutiny.