Health Care

Medicaid Expansion Deals Don’t Deliver

• Elizabeth Stelle
• April 1, 2013

Time is ticking for President Obama to get more buy-in on a pivotal part of Obamacare—Medicaid expansion. States are under immense pressure to accept an influx of federal funds in…

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Will Medicaid Expansion Boost Pennsylvania’s Economy?

• Priya Brannick
• March 29, 2013

A new study commissioned by the Hospital & Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania predicts that if the state expands Medicaid, the program will produce $3.2 billion in annual growth over…

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Note to Lawmakers: The Power Is Yours!

• Elizabeth Stelle
• March 22, 2013

One of my favorite cartoon’s growing up was Captain Planet. The cartoon’s catchy theme song ended with an emphatic, “The power is yours!” It’s a message all of our state lawmakers…

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Medicaid expansion issues to consider

• March 22, 2013

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Expanding Medicaid: Eat Now, Starve Later

• Nathan Benefield
• March 20, 2013

When the governor released his budget last month, the loudest opposition hinged on Medicaid - government insurance for the poor and disabled. Advocates of expanding the program via the Affordable…

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Letters: Expanded Medicaid won’t improve cancer care

• March 20, 2013

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Sequester-Sized Savings

• Elizabeth Stelle
• March 15, 2013

We’ve already busted the myth that federal money for the expansion of Medicaid is somehow “free.” As Nathan Benefield explains, government only distributes what if first taxes out of…

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LETTER: Corbett must stand by rejection of Medicaid expansion to avoid chaos

• March 6, 2013

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Facts, Not Hate, In Medicaid Debate

• Nathan Benefield
• March 6, 2013

“A few dying residents won’t matter to these people…”  So say supporters of implementing Obamacare in Pennsylvania about our friends at Americans for Prosperity.  AFP launched a new action…

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