MaineCare is the state's Medicaid program. It provides free and low-cost health insurance to Mainers who meet certain requirements.

Nearly all of the $121 million supplemental budget is directed at filling a $118 million deficit in Medicaid costs through June, which is the end of the current fiscal year. About $2 million would be spent to protect Maine forests from spruce budworm infestations.

A critical spending plan aimed at keeping Maine’s Medicaid program funded through June has hit a roadblock in the state legislature. On Tuesday, the supplemental budget failed to garner the bipartisan backing needed to take effect immediately and prevent disruptions in state payments to health care providers.