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Analyze and summarize the following news-like text snippet: 
Federal report hits state for weak spending controls in system, which still suffers glitches 18 months after launch.
Maine officials struggled to explain to state lawmakers why the state's troubled Medicaid billing system is still a mess, 18 months after in launched in January 2005. A US Inspector General's report was critical of the MaineCare system. At a hearing on the system Thursday, officials spun the good news about progress but legislators were clearly frustrated, the Bangor DailyNews reports.
"This has not been an easy process for us to go through and trying to keep a project moving forward that is actually live is one of the most difficult things to do and we’ve been here every single month explaining that to this committee," said Rebecca Wyke, commissioner of DAFS. "Every month we come here and we let the dirty laundry hang out so that all of you will know exactly where we’re at. ...We’re not trying to shove it under the carpet at all."
The federal government is displeased th...<|im_end|>
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The provided text appears to be a news article or similar content. A brief summary could be: Federal report hits state for weak spending controls in system, which still suffers glitches 18 months after launch.
Maine officials struggled to explain to state lawmakers why the state's troubled Medicaid billing system is still a mess, 18 months after in launched in January 2005. A US Inspector General's report was critical of the MaineCare system. At a hearing on the system Thursday, officials spun the good news about progress but legislators were clearly frustrated, the Bangor DailyNews rep... (Further analysis would depend on the specific query.)<|im_end|>
