Healthcare expert: Mothers & newborns will be among those hardest hit by PA budget cuts
Dr. Judith Lave is concerned that certain cuts to the Medical Assistance program will lessen services to low-income mothers and their newborns.
Arguments over adultBasic expansion rave on
You know the drill: Dems want more people to be eligible for the medical assistance program, but Repubs say an expansion would cost too much money, especially in the current economic climate.
Medical Assistance Advisory Committee discusses pay for performance, CHIP
The general tone of the meeting: PIT needed, SB 850 not.
Insurance Dept. proposes changes to state CHIP
They will present their CHIP State Plan Amendment to the Medical Assistance Advisory Committee this morning.
Healthcare execs say PA Senate’s budget is a setback in care for the disabled and mentally ill
Much of the budget’s problems, they say, come from its cuts to Medical Assistance programs.
Opinion: No time for cuts in health
Delaware Valley Healthcare Council regional executive and Pennsylvania Health Law Project executive director say that Pa. Senate budget is a big step back in caring for the disabled and ill.
John Baer of the Philadelphia Daily News: Pols get another chance to do right
Baer urges Pennsylvanians to urge the legislature approve a bill that would authorize the Dept. of Public Welfare to purchase prescription drugs for those who receive medical assistance.
Nutrition aid to low-income families has increased
Pennsylvania’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) will receive an additional $700 million in monthly benefits.
Many Erie Co. residents qualify for state medical assistance, but don’t sign up
The Erie Community Foundation says that the qualifying residents who don’t receive assistance either don’t know that they qualify, or don’t know how to sign up.
Rep. DeLuca introduces bill that would help fund adultBasic
His proposal would impose a new tax on political advertisements.