Pennsylvania Governor Endorses Medicaid Expansion—With Four Plan Waiver Provisions

Pennsylvania's governor Tom Corbett announced on September 16, 2013 that the state would proceed with Medicaid expansion under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (PPACA), if and only if the federal government approves four significant changes to the state's current Medicaid plan. A state spokesperson for the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare (DPW) noted that the plan, called "Healthy Pennsylvania" is focused on reforms to the current Medicaid plan, and emphasized that neither Governor Corbett nor DPW are characterizing the "Healthy Pennsylvania" reforms as expanding Medicaid.Pennsylvania’s Medicaid program current covers 2.2 million . . .