As reported earlier, Governor Corbett today announced a new plan called Healthy Pennsylvania, which is intended to ensure that Pennsylvanians have increased access to quality, affordable health care. The initiatives in Healthy Pennsylvania focus on three key priorities: improving access; ensuring quality; and providing affordability.
Key points of the Healthy Pennsylvania plan include getting children insured, promoting access to primary health care – particularly in rural and underserved areas of the state – and creating a coordinated long-term-care-and-support system for older Pennsylvanians and persons with disabilities. Healthy Pennsylvania includes reforms to the Medicaid program and a pathway intended to increase access to health care for uninsured Pennsylvanians. These reforms include aligning benefits with national standards proposed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, premium payments, individual responsibility, work search and job training supports.
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The next step is to get public comment on the proposal and present the plan to the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Public comments can be sent to RA-PWHealthyPA@pa.gov or sent to:
PA Dept. of Public Welfare
c/o Healthy PA
625 Forster St. Suite 333
Harrisburg, PA 17120