Health Care

U.S. Senate Vote on $3.5 Trillion Budget Resolution Begins Process for Enacting Pres. Biden’s Build Back Better Agenda

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 11, 2021 Contact: Kirstin Snow, snow@pennbpc.org U.S. SENATE VOTE ON $3.5 TRILLION BUDGET RESOLUTION BEGINS...

STATEMENT: In Support of Governor Wolf’s Newest COVID-19 Restrictions

HARRISBURG — Marc Stier, director of the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center, released the following statement on Governor Wolf’s...

COVID-19: The False Choice Between Our Health and the Economy

For six months now, Republican legislators in Harrisburg have been telling a false story about COVID-19 and the economy....

The Consequences for PA of Declaring the ACA Unconstitutional

A case coming before the Supreme Court threatens to declare the entire Affordable Care Act unconstitutional. If that happens,...

The Consequences for Pennsylvania of Declaring the ACA Unconstitutional

A case coming before the Supreme Court threatens to declare the entire Affordable Care Act unconstitutional. If that happens,...

Number of Uninsured Pennsylvanians Rises for Third Consecutive Year

STATEMENT: U.S. Senate Republicans’ Pandemic Relief Proposal Is an Inadequate Response to the Current Crisis

STATEMENT: U.S. Senate Republicans’ Pandemic Relief Proposal Is an Inadequate Response to the Current Crisis and Insufficient to Assist...

What We Know About the Senate July 2020 COVID-19 Relief Bill

The House passed the HEROES Act in May, but it was only this week that the Senate came back...

RELEASE: PA Legislative Leader, Policy Experts, & Residents Impacted by COVID Crisis Call for Senate Action on Relief Package

July 23, 2020   Pennsylvania Legislative Leader, Policy Experts, & Residents Impacted by COVID Crisis Call for Senate Action...

MEMO FROM STATE LEGISLATORS: Federal Pandemic Relief and Recovery to State Governments

MEMO TO: The United States Congressional Delegation from Pennsylvania FROM: Members of the General Assembly of Pennsylvania DATE: Monday,...

How Many Lives Have We Saved?

While Republican legislators have been insisting on an early reopening of businesses in Pennsylvania, we have seen one of...

Our Opportunity to Re-evaluate: Pennsylvania’s COVID-19 Policy Response and Priorities Moving Forward

The COVID-19 pandemic has turned our lives upside down. Many of us worry about the health and well-being of...