Pennsylvania Governor-Elect Wolf Announces Medicaid Advisor For Transition Team

In a response to Governor Tom Corbett’s implementation of Healthy PA, Governor-Elect Tom Wolf named Estelle Richman to his transition team as the Medicaid Advisor. Mr. Wolf’s naming of a specific Medicaid Advisor is indicative of his outspoken opposition to Corbett’s plan.

Ms. Richman is an experienced public servant. She has served as the chief operating officer of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) under President Obama, Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare (now Department of Human Services) from 2003-2009, Managing Director for the City of Philadelphia, Director of Social Services . . .