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GOP lawmaker urges Pa. gov on Medicaid expansion
Source: Associated Press
GOP lawmaker urges Pa. gov on Medicaid expansion
By Marc Levy on February 22, 2013
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A Republican state lawmaker on Friday publicly urged Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett to support an expansion of Medicaid eligibility, a sign that Corbett may be facing a split in his own party as several other Republican governors of heavily populated states embrace the expansion.
House Human Services Committee Chairman Gene DiGirolamo said in a statement that rejecting an offer of increased federal funding to expand Medicaid threatens hospital finances and ensures many low-income Pennsylvanians will miss out on primary health care.
DiGirolamo, R-Bucks, said he understands Corbett's present stance against going along with the expansion. But DiGirolamo also made a vigorous argument for accepting it.
"New jobs, employees of small businesses gaining health care coverage, new tax revenues based on federal monies, improved health care for our citizens, savings on emergency treatment and putting our federal tax dollars to work here in the state — these are the benefits of the Medicaid Expansion," DiGirolamo wrote.
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By Marc Levy on February 22, 2013
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A Republican state lawmaker on Friday publicly urged Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett to support an expansion of Medicaid eligibility, a sign that Corbett may be facing a split in his own party as several other Republican governors of heavily populated states embrace the expansion.
House Human Services Committee Chairman Gene DiGirolamo said in a statement that rejecting an offer of increased federal funding to expand Medicaid threatens hospital finances and ensures many low-income Pennsylvanians will miss out on primary health care.
DiGirolamo, R-Bucks, said he understands Corbett's present stance against going along with the expansion. But DiGirolamo also made a vigorous argument for accepting it.
"New jobs, employees of small businesses gaining health care coverage, new tax revenues based on federal monies, improved health care for our citizens, savings on emergency treatment and putting our federal tax dollars to work here in the state — these are the benefits of the Medicaid Expansion," DiGirolamo wrote.
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Read more: http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2013-02-22/gop-lawmaker-urges-pa-dot-gov-on-medicaid-expansion
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