Testimony: Medicaid Expansion Integral to Making Health Coverage Available and Affordable to Millions
The Medicaid expansion is an integral part of the goal of making health coverage available and affordable to millions...
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Census Data: Fewer Uninsured Americans But Middle Class Struggles Persist
New data Press Released by the U.S. Census Bureau this week offer a mix of good and bad news....
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Census Reports Significant Increase in National Poverty, Uninsured Rate
According to The U.S. Census Bureau, the number of individuals in poverty and without health insurance increased and median...
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A Look at Census Data on Income, Poverty and Health Insurance in U.S. and PA
The U.S. Census Bureau Press Released income, poverty, and health insurance data from the annual Current Population Survey (CPS)...
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Bills Weaken PA Oversight of Health Insurance Rate Increases
This legislation in the House and Senate would keep more Pennsylvania consumers in the dark. With less scrutiny and...
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STATEMENT: Budget Falls Short on Education, Health Care, Tax Reform
The PA budget for 2013-2014 fails to adequately address the enormity of the funding crisis facing Pennsylvania schools. Eighty...
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Employer-Sponsored Health Care Fact Sheet
Pennsylvania second only to Michigan in loss of employer health care coverage. Despite more Pennsylvania children losing employer coverage,...
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Falling Through the Cracks: Six Months After the End of adultBasic
Six months after the end of the state’s adultBasic program, few former enrollees have been able to access the...
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New Report Examines adultBasic Funding Crisis
The Community Health Reinvestment (CHR) Agreement is due to expire, which would cut the primary funding source for adultBasic,...
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Census: Fewer Americans Lacked Health Insurance in 2011
The percentage of Americans without health insurance dropped from 16.3 percent in 2010 to 15.7 percent in 2011, the...
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Memo to Newspaper Editors: Save Tobacco Settlement Dollars for Health Care
In a memo to editorial board members, Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center Director Sharon Ward wrote that policymakers should...
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Stimulus Transition Fund Reduces Future Deficits, Preserves Education and Health Care
Following declining tax revenue due to the national recession, Congress passed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). The...
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