From the Pennsylvania Health Access Network (http://www.pahealthaccess.org): In a sudden change of events, the PA House has quickly passed HB 59, 102 – 91. The battle now moves to the Senate. Please contact your State Senators as soon as possible. This … Continued
Posted at http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2017-07-12/budget-policy-and-priorities/general-assembly-bill-targets-pa-medicaid-recipients/a58487-1 July 12, 2017 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window House Bill 59 would impose work requirements and premiums on Medicaid recipients in Pennsylvania. (Jason Burmeister/Flickr) HARRISBURG, Pa. – Fiscal analysts say … Continued
Posted at http://www.cbpp.org/research/health/senate-health-care-bill-ends-medicaid-as-we-know-it-with-even-bigger-cuts-than-house The Senate’s Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA) would radically restructure Medicaid financing and effectively end the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) Medicaid expansion, cutting federal Medicaid funding by $772 billion over ten years and reducing enrollment by 15 … Continued
Posted at https://www.thirdandstate.org/2017/july/senate-bill-raises-marketplace-and-employer-based-premiums-most-pennsylvanians Jul 05, 2017 09:23 am | Marc Stier We have been focused recently on the impact of the Senate health care bill on Medicaid, mainly because the dangers of both the House and Senate bills to Medicaid … Continued
From the Pennsylvania Health Access Network (http://www.pahealthaccess.org): The next few hours will be critical in defeating an effort by some lawmakers to institute work requirements and lock-ins for Pennsylvania’s Medicaid program, and force families with severely disabled children to pay … Continued
Posted at https://www.thirdandstate.org/2017/july/state-well-federal-republicans-go-after-medicaid Jul 01, 2017 12:08 am | Marc Stier At both the state and federal level, Republican Party leaders seem to be on the warpath against Medicaid. Thankfully, rank and file Republicans in both legislatures and the public … Continued
From One PA (http://www.onepa.org/): From what we’re hearing out of Capitol Hill, Senate Republicans are planning to release an updated version of their health care “reform” bill this afternoon to force a vote on Trumpcare before the August recess. Regardless … Continued
Posted at https://www.thirdandstate.org/2017/july/pa-house-gop-stealth-attack-medicaid Jul 10, 2017 09:41 pm | Marc Stier PA House Republican leaders are trying to force Pennsylvania to seek federal waivers for our Medicaid program that would establish requirements that Medicaid recipients either be working or searching … Continued
From the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center (http://www.pennbpc.org): At a time when Republicans in the United State Congress are trying frantically to repeal the ACA and roll back Medicaid, their compatriots in the Pennsylvania General Assembly are about to do … Continued
From CLASP (http://www.clasp.org/): CLASP released a set of fact sheets outlining the top five ways the ACA supports low-income young adults and the top five threats from Republican repeal-and-replace proposals. View CLASP fact sheets on health justice at http://www.clasp.org/resources-and-publications/publication-1/mental-health-youth-fact-sheet-final.pdf.