Health Care

This Is How (and How Many) Pennsylvanians Are Helped by the Build Back Better Plan

Updated November 18, 2021. President Biden’s Build Back Better plan is an unprecedented and transformative plan to better the...

The Build Back Better Framework: A Transformative Plan for 21st-Century America

President Biden’s Build Back Better framework is an unprecedented and transformative plan to better the lives of all Americans—Black,...

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,...