Opportunity to Provide Health Coverage to Pennsylvanians
PHLP recently published three new analyses to help inform the public and Pennsylvania policy makers on the benefits and savings created by expanding Medicaid.
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Opportunity to Provide Health Coverage to Pennsylvanians
PHLP recently published three new analyses to help inform the public and Pennsylvania policy makers on the benefits and savings created by expanding Medicaid.
Pennsylvania lawmakers have an unprecedented opportunity to improve the lives and health of hundreds of thousands of uninsured Pennsylvanians, with the federal government covering the full cost. PHLP released several analyses to inform the public and state policy makers about this decision.
- “Medicaid Expansion: A Benefit for Rural Pennsylvania”, co-authored with the Pennsylvania Office of Rural Health, describes the benefits for the nation’s third largest rural population. See accompanying news release.
- “Expanding Medicaid in PA: Consider the Savings” highlights how expanding Medicaid in 2014 to cover 600,000 uninsured adults will create $400 million per year in budget savings and new revenues. See accompanying news release.
- “Medicaid Expansion is Good for Families”, co-authored with Georgetown University’s Center for Children and Families, details how 131,000 uninsured parents and families will benefit from expanding Medicaid. The paper is supported by several of Pennsylvania’s leading child and family advocacy organizations. See accompanying news release.
Together, these analyses emphasize how expanding Medicaid is the right decision, both for Pennsylvania’s budget and for Pennsylvania’s families and communities. We encourage readers to review each of these reports and to share them widely.
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