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Pennsylvania & The Affordable Care Act
In 2007, nearly 10 percent of Pennsylvania residents reported they were unable to see a doctor when necessary due to cost. Between 2003 and 2009, families in Pennsylvania saw their health insurance...
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US Health Secretary Sebelius Visits Philadelphia To Highlight New Obamacare...
By Paul Kurtz PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — The secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services today joined Mayor Nutter in North Philadelphia for a town hall meeting about the Affordable Care Act....
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Corbett Eyeing ‘Pa-Based’ Solution To Expanding Medicaid
By Tony Romeo HARRISBURG, Pa. (CBS) – A spokeswoman says Governor Corbett is preparing to announce a proposed “Pennsylvania-based” solution to expansion of Medicaid and will discuss his ideas next...
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Governor Corbett Talks With Dom Giordano About Expanding Medicaid
PHILADELPHIA (CBS)– 1210 WPHT’s Dom Giordano spoke with Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett on the hot topic of Washington expanding Medicaid. Corbett says he believes “there is a Pennsylvania solution...
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Corbett Unveils Health Insurance Proposal For Pennsylvania
By Tony Romeo HARRISBURG, Pa., (CBS) — Governor Corbett has proposed his own version of a plan to use federal Medicaid dollars to expand health care access in Pennsylvania. Corbett continues to insist...
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Corbett Takes A Hit From Both Sides On Health Proposal
By Tony Romeo HARRISBURG, Pa. (CBS) - Governor Corbett is getting hit from both sides after unveiling his proposal to expand access to health care using federal Medicaid dollars. While Corbett has...
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Delaware & The Affordable Care Act
In 2007, nearly 10 percent of adults in Delaware reported they were unable to see a doctor when necessary due to cost. Between 2003 and 2009, Delaware families saw their insurance premiums increase by...
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New Jersey & The Affordable Care Act
In 2007, 12 percent of adults in New Jersey reported they were unable to see a doctor when necessary due to cost. Between 2003 and 2009, New Jersey families saw their insurance premiums increase 35...
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Corbett’s Plan To Charge For Medicaid Gets Sporting Protest
By Pat Loeb PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Governor Corbett’s conditions for expanding Medicaid were the target of an unusual protest at Sunday’s Eagles game. Along with commercial banners being pulled by a...
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Good News For Uninsured Children
By Cherri Gregg PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Despite the controversy over the Affordable Care Act, a new report shows there is good news when it comes to children’s access to healthcare. The Georgetown...
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Corbett Moves Ahead With Medicaid Proposal
By Tony Romeo HARRISBURG, Pa. (CBS) – The Corbett administration is taking the next step toward winning federal approval of its plan to use Medicaid dollars to expand health insurance coverage. The...
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Health: Next Step Taken To Overhaul and Expand Pennsylvania Medicaid
By Stephanie Stahl PHILADELPHIA (CBS)–Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett unveiled details of his Medicaid reform plan today. He will submit a waiver in January to cover the uninsured, and the public...
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Corbett’s Medicaid Proposal For Pennsylvania Is Giving Some Headaches
By Cherri Gregg PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - As more Americans sign up online for healthcare under the Affordable Care Act, there is a growing envy among Pennsylvanians who would qualify for expanded Medicaid,...
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Healthcare Advocates Line Up To Testify At Hearing On Pa. Medicaid Expansion
By Pat Loeb PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Pennsylvania Welfare Department officials planned to take testimony, today, on the state’s plan to expand Medicaid under certain conditions. Numerous health care...
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Corbett Administration Submits Proposal To Use Medicaid Funds For Health...
By Tony Romeo HARRISBURG, Pa. (CBS) - The Corbett administration has officially submitted its proposal to the federal government to use Medicaid funds to extend health insurance to a half million...
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PA Nursing Homes: “We’re On Brink Of Financial Collapse”
By Tony Romeo HARRISBURG, Pa. (CBS) — Nursing homes in Pennsylvania are sounding the alarm that they are on a path toward fiscal ruin. Dr. Stuart Shapiro, CEO of the Pennsylvania Health Care...
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Robert M. Slutsky
Attorney Robert M. Slutsky, an expert in elder law and estate planning, is back on Talk Philly to provide his expertise on how to finance Long Term Care. From Long Term Care Insurance to Medicaid, he...
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Corbett Tweaks Medicaid Proposal
By Tony Romeo PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Governor Corbett is proposing a new approach to job search requirements as he negotiates with the Obama administration over his alternative proposal to expansion of...
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Analyst: Corbett Makes “Shrewd” Moves In Tough Election Year
By Tony Romeo HARRISBURG, Pa. (CBS) — Governor Corbett made a couple of moves that surprised political observers this past week. First the conservative Corbett, who has sought to rein in assistance...
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Pa. Gets Potential Medicaid Cases From U.S. Agency
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Tens of thousands of Pennsylvanians who might be eligible for Medicaid are supposed to be contacted by a state caseworker after their applications were held up by computer...
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Can I Pay For A Dentist With My Health Insurance?
Under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), dental coverage is treated differently for adults and children. Routine dental care for adults is not one of the essential health benefits required for a plan to be...
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Corbett: Medicaid Talks At ‘Breaking Point’
By Tony Romeo PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Governor Corbett’s frustration over negotiations with the federal government has touched off speculation that he might scrap his proposal to use Medicaid expansion...
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Medicaid Patients Less Likely To Get Primary Care Appointment
By Dr. Brian McDonough, Medical Editor PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - A recent report in the Journal of the American Medical Association Internal Medicine Edition was concerning. In the report, it was found that...
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Circumcision May Be A Financial Decision
By Dr. Brian McDonough, Medical Editor PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - We don’t talk about circumcision that often in health reports but the Mayo Clinic has released some interesting information about the...
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Federal Approval Pending, Corbett Administration Moves Ahead With Medicaid Plan
By Tony Romeo HARRISBURG, Pa. (CBS) – Federal approval is still pending, but the Corbett administration is moving ahead with its plan to use Medicaid dollars to extend private health coverage to more...
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Gov. Corbett Secures 9 Insurers For Medicaid Alternative
By Pat Loeb PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Governor Tom Corbett announced Friday that nine insurers have signed on to provide health coverage for low income Pennsylvanians. That’s if his private coverage option...
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US Approves Pennsylvania Medicaid Plan
PHILADELPHIA (AP) – A half-million more low-income Pennsylvanians are in line to get federally funded health insurance after the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services approved the state’s plan...
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Health Reform Advocates Say Tom Wolf’s Election Benefits Uninsured Poor
By Pat Loeb PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Tom Wolf’s election signals the likely end of the state’s controversial alternative to Medicaid expansion. Wolf favors a full expansion, not the partial plan called...
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Lawsuit Filed Over Governor Corbett’s Overhaul Of Medicaid
By Cherri Gregg PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Healthcare advocates filed a federal class action in Philadelphia on Monday asking a judge to stop part of Governor Tom Corbett’s new Healthy Pennsylvania Medicaid...
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CDC: NJ Medicaid Reimbursement Rates Leaving New Patients Out In The Cold
By David Madden TRENTON, N.J. (CBS) — Newly released data from the federal government suggest that New Jersey doctors are, for the most part, declining to take on new Medicaid patients, even with...
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Wolf Officials: Pa. Medicaid Expansion Transition Complete
By Tony Romeo PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – The Wolf administration says it has completed the transition from former Governor Corbett’s Healthy PA program to an expanded, traditional Medicaid program. Governor...
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Patients, Community Leaders Celebrate Improvements To NJ’s Medicaid...
CAMDEN, NJ (CBS) — In New Jersey, patients and community leaders are celebrating New Jersey Medicaid’s decision to hold the next non-emergency medical transportation contractor to improved standards of...
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Health Advocates: 1 Million Pennsylvanians Could Lose Health Insurance Under...
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Health advocates say the insurance plan proposed by GOP House members would have a devastating effect on Pennsylvania, both on individuals who would lose coverage and on the state...
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Major Cuts To Medicaid Could Hurt Special Ed Services In Schools
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — With all of the sweeping health care changes under consideration by Senate Republicans, now meeting behind closed doors, critics say it would put school children who receive...
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Proposed Medicaid Cuts Threaten Disabled Kids, Local Families Say
PHILADELPHIA (CBS/AP) – Advocates for people with disabilities declared Thursday a National Day of Action to spread the word about proposed cuts to Medicaid. One New Jersey woman told CBS3 health...
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Advocate Says Proposed Medicaid Cuts On Elderly Would Be ‘Devastating’
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — The Senate Health Care bill calls for major restructuring of and deep cuts to Medicaid, which provides insurance to low-income pregnant women and single mothers, children, the...
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News, Politics and Entertainment with The Chris Stigall Show | July 13
Chris discussed the human remains found in Bucks County in the search for four missing men, hearings on the nominee to be the next FBI Director, Christopher Wray, and the latest developments related to...
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Just Before Healthcare Vote, Toomey Calls Medicaid Fiscally Unsustainable
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Pennsylvania US Senator Pat Toomey visited Republican-friendly Chester County, for a roundtable discussion with business leaders in West Chester. Much of the conversation centered...
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Wolf Vetoes Medicaid Work Requirements
HARRISBURG, Pa. (CBS) — As promised, Governor Wolf has vetoed a bill that intended to impose new requirements on Medicaid recipients. The bill vetoed by Governor Wolf contained provisions that sought...
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Medicaid Rule Change Proposals May Ring A Bell For Pennsylvanians
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — The administrator for Medicaid has announced changes to the program that could make it harder to get. The approach might sound familiar to Pennsylvanians who remember former...
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