Health Insurance

Pennsylvania Moving Forward on Insurance Marketplace; Industry Working to Influence Lawmakers to Do the "Bare Minimum"

Submitted by Erin Gill on January 22, 2012 - 10:45pm

In an email today, the Pennsylvania Insurance Department announced it’s intent to move forward on establishing a health insurance marketplace in PA. The Department has applied for funding from the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to complete the planning and begin designing a new health insurance marketplace (an “exchange”) that needs to be open for business on January 1, 2014.

PHAN Testifies to Benefits of a Strong, Transparent Health Insurance Marketplace

Submitted by Erin Gill on August 15, 2011 - 4:41pm

The Pennsylvania Insurance Department is currently seeking the public’s input on what Pennsylvania’s new health insurance marketplace should look like.

Establishing a Competitive Health Insurance Marketplace

Overview, Priorites for PA's Health Insurance Marketplace (Jan.pdf

Will PA's Marketplace Serve Families or Big Insurance Companies.pdf

IN FOCUS: What a Competitive Health Insurance Marketplace Can Do for Pennsylvania Families and Small Business:

Increase Competition Among Insurers to Ensure Quality Choices and the Bes

Guest Post: PHAN Launches "Health on the Horizon" Story Project to Show Importance of, Need for Affordable Care Act

Submitted by pahealth on June 29, 2011 - 9:34pm

Greetings PHAN members! My name is Holly Dolan, and I am working with the PHAN "Messaging Committee" on a project called Health on the Horizon. The purpose of this project is to take control of the framing of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and ensure its successful implementation in Pennsylvania.

Shared Sacrifice? PA Lawmakers Cut adultBasic While Taking Lavishly Generous, Taxpayer-Funded Health Coverage

Submitted by pahealth on May 30, 2011 - 11:03pm

On May 15th, Bucks County Reporter Jo Ciavaglia began a “State of Health” series to take a look at the health benefits our elected officials in Pennsylvania are receiving at a time when Pennsylvania is facing a $4 billion deficit, when Gov. Corbett and a majority of these legislators say that we “just can’t afford” adultBasic, which covered 42,000 working people, and during a time when when these legislators and Gov.

Pennsylvania News Editors, Political and Health Reporters

Consumers Tell Real Story of Affordable Care Act

Submitted by Chris Lilienthal on March 23, 2011 - 2:54pm

The U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce convened in Harrisburg today for a hearing focused on rolling back the reforms of the Affordable Care Act.

Critical Week to Stand Up for Reform‏

Birthday Cake This week will be a full year since the Affordable Care Act passed and still the opposition is campaigning tirelessly to destroy it.

In many states, including ours, legislation has been introduced to block or slow implementation. Votes have been taken in the US Congress to repeal it out right or weaken some of our favorite provisions.

PHAN, former adultBasic policyholder testify to House Democratic Policy Committee today in Erie

Submitted by Erin Gill on March 16, 2011 - 8:47pm

The House Democratic Policy Committee, chaired by Rep. Mike Sturla (Lancaster) has been holding hearings about adultBasic and other critical health care issues in Pennsylvania—namely, the new GOP-led legislative attacks on the Affordable Care Act in Pennsylvania through things like H.B.

Gov. Corbett Offers No Solutions for Reviving adultBasic in Budget Address; Allocates Remaining Tobacco Settlement Money to General Fund

Submitted by Erin Gill on March 14, 2011 - 11:42pm

The Governor’s budget—as we expected—does not allocate any funding for adultBasic, which was allowed to expire (despite all of our best efforts) on Feb. 28^th. His budget also takes tobacco settlement money previously dedicated to adult health programs like adultBasic and shifts it to fund general budget items.

As adultBasic Breathes Its Last, Advocates Gather Outside Governor’s Mansion to Send a Message

Submitted by Chris Lilienthal on March 1, 2011 - 4:49pm

On Monday, the Pennsylvania Health Access Network put out the following press release to mark the end of the state's adultBasic health insurance program ...

HARRISBURG, PA (February 28, 2011) — When the clock strikes midnight tonight, more than 41,000 hardworking Pennsylvanians will lose their adultBasic health insurance coverage.

Despite the efforts of some state lawmakers to save adultBasic, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett has opted to end the program rather than address a funding shortfall.