Enroll America and PHLP co-hosted a Pennsylvania Outreach and Enrollment Conference on March 21, 2013 in Philadelphia. Attendees heard from national and PA-experts on the policy and implementation issues affecting health insurance coverage. The agenda and materials from the presenters can be found here.
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PHLP is a nationally recognized expert and consultant on access to health care for low-income consumers, the elderly, and persons with disabilities. For more than two decades, PHLP has engaged in direct advocacy on behalf of individual consumers while working on the kinds of health policy changes that promise the most to the Pennsylvanians in greatest need.
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Success Story
A 39-year-old with developmental disabilities
When Gabrielle’s father passed away, her survivors’ benefits disqualified her for the services and supports she needed to live in the community. PHLP helped Gabrielle avoid being placed in a nursing home.
PHLP offers free legal advice to low-income people with insurance problems. We also help people who don't have health insurance.
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Announcements
PHLP Releases 2012 Annual Report
PHLP is pleased to release our 2012 Annual Report. The report highlights the impact of PHLP’s legal representation, community education, and advocacy work on the lives of low-income consumers, the elderly, and persons with disabilities.
As we look back at 2012, we are proud of all we have achieved. It is a privilege to do this work, and we appreciate your support. Click here to view the report
PA Bar Institute Panel with PHLP Senior Attorney David Gates
Throughout the month of June, PHLP Senior Attorney David Gates will serve as a panelist at The Pennsylvania Bar Institute’s “Autism: Fitting the Pieces Together” training. With 1.5 million Americans living with autism, the training aims to help individuals understand the impact of autism and the laws and resources available to support the autism community.
Join Us in Pittsburgh for PHLP’s Health Care Champions Breakfast
PHLP is hosting an anniversary breakfast in Pittsburgh in honor of our 20th anniversary of incorporation. At our anniversary breakfast, PHLP will publicly acknowledge four “health care champions”. Professor Alan Meisel, the founder and director of the Health Law Certificate Program at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, will give the keynote address. Learn more here.
Attention: Free PHLP training on New HealthChoices Zones
Throughout April, May, and June 2013, PHLP will provide a series of trainings on accessing health services in the New East and New West HealthChoices zones. The trainings will focus on coverage changes under HealthChoices, service denials, and the Medical Assistance Transportation Program (MATP). For more information about the trainings and how to RSVP click here.