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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
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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.

House GOP Declares War on Health Care, Turns Its Back on Seniors, Children and People with Disabilities in 2012 Budget Proposal

Submitted by Erin Gill on April 6, 2011 - 4:04pm
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Plan Would Privatize Medicare, Turn Medicaid into Block Grant Program and Cut All Funding for Affordability Subsidies and Medicaid Expansion in the Affordable Care Act

Remember the political hay that opponents of health reform made by scaring the daylights out of seniors with relentless TV and radio ads that spread the lies that the Affordable Care Act would negatively impact Medicare? Well, now seniors (and everyone else) have reason to be afraid… Very afraid, and angry, and ready to fight back.

A Valentine’s Day Message to Governor Corbett: Have a Heart, Save AdultBasic

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Consumers and advocates deliver hundreds of handmade Valentines to Governor Corbett

4,300 Pennsylvanians Tell Tom Corbett to Preserve adultBasic

Submitted by Chris Lilienthal on January 14, 2011 - 6:34pm
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More than 4,300 Pennsylvanians delivered a message to Governor-elect Tom Corbett today outside his gubernatorial transition office in Harrisburg: Don't let adultBasic die!

Corbett Transition Plan Would End adultBasic

Submitted by Chris Lilienthal on January 11, 2011 - 5:28pm
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In a news report today, a key member of Governor-elect Tom Corbett's transition team said the incoming administration would allow the state's adultBasic health insurance program to end and, with it, affordable health coverage for nearly 42,000 Pennsylvanians.

The plan calls for “Special Care,” an existing program operated by the state’s four Blue Cross plans, being offered as an option to those who lose their insurance.

Losing adultBasic: What It Means to a Mother of Two

Submitted by Chris Lilienthal on December 22, 2010 - 11:29am
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For several months, we have been telling you about the crisis facing Pennsylvania’s adultBasic health insurance program — but nothing we have said so far holds a candle to Roseann Davis’ story.

Consumers and Advocates Act to Save AdultBasic--Notes and Next Steps from Pittsburgh

Submitted by Erin Gill on December 8, 2010 - 10:34pm
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More than two dozen activists, people of faith and adultBasic consumers came together in Pittsburgh to call attention to the disastrous consequences that will be felt by 43,000 working Pennsylvanians if the $54 million shortfall in adultBasic funding isn’t resolved by the end of the year.

Action Needed to Keep adultBasic Alive

Submitted by Chris Lilienthal on November 18, 2010 - 11:48am
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As we first noted on Wednesday, a funding crisis facing adultBasic could add 43,000 working Pennsylvanians to the ranks of the uninsured early next year if steps aren't taken to find additional funding.

Philadelphia Inquirer: Health coverage at risk for working poor in Pa.

Submitted by Erin Gill on November 17, 2010 - 12:06pm
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Here's a great article from today's Philadelphia Inquirer written by health reporter Don Sapatkin on the urgent funding crisis threatening the life of Pennsylvania's hugely popular and badly-needed insurance option for lower income working folks, adultBasic. The article examines how the incoming Governor and newly-elected legislators are looking to deal with the crisis amid questions surrounding the Blues insurers' commitment to continuing their contributions to the program, which have provided the bulk of the funding over the last 5 years. 

Health Reform Milestone: Consumer Protections Go Into Effect Today

Submitted by Chris Lilienthal on September 23, 2010 - 11:47am
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Today marks a milestone in the long road to reforming the nation's health care system, as several important consumer protections will take effect on or after this date. No longer will insurance companies be able to deny coverage to children with pre-existing conditions, set annual or lifetime benefit limits, or cancel health policies when you get sick.

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