The US Senate health care bill includes a mandate to increase the cut off level for Medicaid eligibility. This increased cut off for Medicaid will increase costs for Pennsylvania and 38 other states with eligibility cut offs below the federal legislation.
Pennsylvania will be the second hardest his state, behind only [...]
A new report from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid states that the House-passed healthcare bill will raise medical costs by $289 billion over ten years. The reports also states that cuts to Medicare will reduce the level of care.
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Northampton County's population is estimated at 294,787. Did you know that ten percent of its population - around 30,000 people - are getting medical assistance from our mandatory Medicaid managed care program, called HealthChoices (HC)? That's what a program administrator told Northampton County Council during [...] 
