By The PA. AFL-CIO

– Governor Tom Wolf made good on one of his campaign promises to working Pennsylvanians this week by announcing his plan to replace Corbett’s Healthy Pa with traditional Medicaid expansion.

The announcement was praised by groups representing uninsured working families and by the Pennsylvania Health Access Network a coalition of organizations which include many unions representing workers in the health industry. They described Corbett’s Healthy PA which began on January 1 2015 as a quagmire fraught with unnecessary costs and hurdles that was preventing working families from enrolling in the programs

“Governor Wolf’s move would be boon for all taxpayers because it would lead to fewer emergency room visits by uninsured working Pennsylvanians. By acting to move Pennsylvanians into one benefit package, eliminating the invasive health screening questionnaire, and simplifying the process, Gov. Wolf is acting in the best interest of patients and taxpayers,” said the Director of PHAN, Antoinette Kraus.

Source: http://www.paaflcio.org/