The Pennsylvania Senate on Sunday approved legislation to expand Medicaid to hundreds of thousands of low-income Pennsylvanians in accordance with the Affordable Care Act. The plan faces its biggest hurdle yet today in the House, where leaders are promising not to bring it up for a vote.
Help us make Medicaid expansion a reality in Pennsylvania. Go here to email AND call your state Representative. When you call, give your name, address, and town and say: Please vote YES on Medicaid Expansion. Thank you.
Then call House Leader Mike Turzai and ask him to allow a vote on the floor. Dial 717-772-9943 and leave a message saying: I’m calling to ask that you allow the House to vote on Medicaid expansion.
As we have written often in recent months, Pennsylvania should take this federal opportunity to expand health coverage: it will create jobs, strengthen Pennsylvania’s economy, and make its citizens healthier and more financially stable.