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Publication Date: May 2007
Publisher: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (Washington, D.C.)
Author(s): Judith Solomon
Research Area: Health
Keywords: Economic projections; State budgets; Health insurance; Health care costs
Type: Report
Coverage: Pennsylvania
Abstract:
Pennsylvania’s plan appears complex. It is important, however, that the plan be considered as a whole. Even though it appears to have a number of separate components, the provisions of House Bill 700 need to be considered as an integrated plan. As a whole, the plan would reduce the number of uninsured state residents through a new program called Cover All Pennsylvanians, while taking into account the state's fiscal capacity and the need to be mindful of how ERISA limits a state's choices in health care reform. The components of the plan are interdependent and making significant changes or eliminating any of the plan’s key components could undermine the state's chance for a successful effort at achieving the goals of the plan to lower the costs of health care while at the same time raising quality and increasing affordability and accessibility.