US EditionMaine Republicans demand answers about Gateway Community Services
Republicans highlight over $1.6 million in alleged overpayments to Gateway Community Services and urge broader, transparent probes into MaineCare fraud and fiscal accountability.
- On Tuesday December 30, 2025, Republican state lawmakers held a State House news conference demanding expanded investigations into alleged MaineCare fraud tied to Gateway Community Services and warned recent probes might be "the tip of the iceberg."
- DHHS Program Integrity Unit audits found GCS overbilled MaineCare by $125,059, $537,550, and $1,068,598, and believes the state overpaid more than $1 million from March 1, 2021, to Dec. 31, 2022.
- Gateway Community Services LLC says it is cooperating with oversight and has laid off staff since payments were paused, denying fraud allegations that stem from a 'disgruntled employee' laid off earlier, while U.S. Rep. James Comer has requested related bank records.
- Republicans pressed for accountability ahead of supplemental budget deliberations, calling for Rep. Deqa Dhalac, D-South Portland, to step down from the House Appropriations and Financial Affairs Committee, with the Maine Legislature considering action next week for the 2026 session.
- Amid recent federal cases in Minnesota, Maine Republicans drew parallels to Gateway, while Daughtry and Fecteau urged evidence-based investigations, cautioning against politicization and dangerous rhetoric about Somali Americans.
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State Reps. Mana Abdi, D-Lewiston, left, and Deqa Dhalac, D-South Portland, attend their first session of the Maine Legislature, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022, in Augusta, Maine. They were the first Somali-Americans elected to the Maine Legislature. Photo by Robert F. Bukaty of the Associated Press. This story appears as part of a collaboration between The Maine Monitor and Maine Focus, the investigative team of the Bangor Daily News, a partnership to…
Gateway Fraud Fallout Widens as Harrington Demands Answers: ‘Their Silence Is Deafening’
Maine Republicans intensified their attack Tuesday over alleged MaineCare fraud tied to Gateway Community Services, warning that the case exposes systemic failures in oversight, and calling out top Democratic leaders by name for what they described as a stunning lack of accountability. The escalation follows last week’s decision by the Maine Department of Health and [...] The post Gateway Fraud Fallout Widens as Harrington Demands Answers: ‘Thei…
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Republican lawmakers call for accountability after MaineCare provider accused of fraud
Republican leaders also said Rep. Deqa Dhalac, a South Portland Democrat who formerly worked for a nonprofit that is a sister organization to the company accused of fraud, should step down from the Legislature's budget committee.
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