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Thursday, December 13, 2012

Schwartz Issues Statement on Corbett’s Health Care Decision

Pennsylvania will not be setting up its own healthcare exchanges as mandated by the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The responsibility for the exchange now falls back to the federal government.

  • GOVERNMENT
  • Thursday, December 13, 2012

  Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett said in a Dec. 12 press release that he “decided not to pursue a state-based health insurance exchange at this time.” He continued, “However, we will continue to seek guidance from HHS on the costs, impacts and flexibility involved in the different options for Medicaid expansion.” See the entire press release here, and read his letter to U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius in the pdf section of this post. U.S. Rep. Allyson Schwartz, D-13, responded with the following statement: Governor Corbett's decision not to accept the authority to develop and operate a state ‘exchange’ marketplace of private health coverage for individuals and small businesses is a failure of …

Thursday, June 28, 2012

Corbett Comments on Supreme Court Healthcare Ruling

'Not only is it a tax, but it may turn out to be one of the largest tax increases in the history of our nation,' said Corbett.

  Pennsylvania Independent, a public interest journalism project dedicated to open, transparent, and accountable state government, posted to their YouTube channel, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett's remarks today in response to the Supreme Court ruling upholding the Constitutionality of the Affordable Healthcare Act. Corbett noted his record opposing the act and assured citizens that his administration would continue to "analyze the decision." "It is a tax on our citizens that they cannot afford," Corbett said. "It is not good law. It is not good policy." Corbett conceded that the country was in need of healthcare reform, but asserted that such reforms should come from the individual states. "I think we can all agree there are …

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