03/07/2014
HARRISBURG (AP) – Gov. Tom Corbett appears ready to drop a condition of his proposal to accept federal Medicaid expansion dollars to expand health care to thousands of working poor in the state. A letter from Corbett to U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius concerns his condition that some newly eligible adults meet job-search requirements. Corbett notes that Sebelius’ staff has had a policy position against tying Medicaid eligibility to what he calls “job training and steps toward employment.” Then he asks for a chance to institute a voluntary, incentive-only one-year pilot program for able-bodied adults. Advocates for the uninsured say no state has ever tied Medicaid coverage to such a requirement and that it isn’t allowed by law.
HARRISBURG (AP) – Gov. Tom Corbett appears ready to drop a condition of his proposal to accept federal Medicaid expansion dollars to expand health care to thousands of working poor in the state. A letter from Corbett to U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius concerns his condition that some newly eligible adults meet job-search requirements. Corbett notes that Sebelius’ staff has had a policy position against tying Medicaid eligibility to what he calls “job training and steps toward employment.” Then he asks for a chance to institute a voluntary, incentive-only one-year pilot program for able-bodied adults. Advocates for the uninsured say no state has ever tied Medicaid coverage to such a requirement and that it isn’t allowed by law.
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