Healthcare & Entitlements Issues
June 12, 2013 JHealthcare & entitlements
by Terry Jung of Pennsylvania I have had a long career within both the public and private education systems, private computer consulting, and government employment with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s Health and Human Services at the county and state levels. I have also had periods of self-employment as an author and technical consultant, times of [...]
June 12, 2013 JHealthcare & entitlements
By Tony Romeo HARRISBURG, Pa. (CBS) – Democrats in the Pennsylvania legislature are pulling out all the stops in an effort to force a vote on expansion of Medicaid as part of the new federal health care law – something that Governor Corbett has so far resisted. Democrats are vowing to take any opportunity to [...]
June 07, 2013 JHealthcare & entitlements
Op Ed on PennLive.com By Nicholas Pandelidis and Donna Baver Rovito Gov. Tom Corbett was fiscally and morally correct to reject expanding the financially untenable and second-rate Medicaid program, and he shouldn’t let pressure from Kathleen Sebelius and special interest groups sway his good judgement. Good intentions alone do not result in desired outcomes, and expanding non-viable [...]
June 06, 2013 JHealthcare & entitlements
Over the past few months it has been evident that Governor Corbett was not going to expand the failing Medicaid scheme in Pennsylvania. But concerns are being raised that he may flip this decision due to constant pressure from the proponents of an expansion. Is Governor Corbett (office number: 717-787-2500) going to go back on [...]
May 16, 2013 JHealthcare & entitlements
AFP-PA’s state director Jennifer Stefano has been appearing on television and radio over the past few days to discuss why Americans should be concerned with this issue: in the President’s healthcare law he empowered the very organization that has now been going out against his political opposition, with broad policing powers over the nation’s healthcare. [...]