Health Care

Poll: Voters Overwhelmingly Support Medicaid Work Requirements

• January 16, 2018

In other states, thousands of Americans previously dependent on government programs have transformed their lives and achieved independence thanks to work requirements. But Pennsylvania’s human services system still traps people…

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Work Requirements Promote Independence, Wolf Should Embrace Them

• October 12, 2017

Work requirements are helping thousands of Americans rise above poverty and gain independence from government programs. In fact, when states like Kansas and Maine implemented work requirements for food stamps,…

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Health Care

Wolf’s Wrongheaded Veto Threat

• Elizabeth Stelle
• October 9, 2017

Governor Wolf intends to veto Pennsylvania’s welfare code (HB 59) due to a reform contained within the bill—even though the reform can reduce poverty and stimulate economic growth. The modest reform instructs the…

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Health Care

One Step Towards Redesigning Human Services

• Elizabeth Stelle
• June 15, 2017

Governor Wolf’s proposal to merge four state agencies into the Department of Health and Human Services has the potential to benefit taxpayers and beneficiaries by eliminating bureaucratic redundancies and providing…

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Health Care

PA’s Unaffordable Health Care Act Premiums

• Colleen Hroncich
• June 9, 2017

If there’s ever a contest for least accurately named law, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) would certainly be in the running. In the aftermath of the ACA, more commonly called…

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Reforming Medicaid Is a Moral Imperative

• Elizabeth Stelle
• April 17, 2017

Note: This op-ed was originally published in the Lancaster LNP. Do you know someone who desperately needs medical care but can’t access it? Few things are more heartbreaking. Helping people…

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State Budget

News Release: Wolf Pivots on Massive Tax Hikes, Offers Limited Structural Reforms

• February 7, 2017

Budget Includes Belt-Tightening But Relies on $1 Billion in New Taxes February 7, 2017, Harrisburg, Pa.—Pivoting from the past two years, Governor Tom Wolf today proposed a state budget that…

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State Budget

Five Takeaways From the Governors Budget Proposal

• Nathan Benefield
• February 7, 2017

This morning Governor Wolf laid out his plan for the 2017-18 state budget. Here are the five things you need to know: 1. Shift to redesigning government. This is a…

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Health Care

Obamacare is Failing, But States can Bring Hope

• Elizabeth Stelle
• August 29, 2016

Obamacare is struggling for survival. Despite victories in the courts, state exchanges are in trouble, and Medicaid expansion has been more costly than expected—with no evidence of improved health outcomes.

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