August 29, 2019
Harrisburg, PA – Governor Tom Wolf today announced the incoming leadership of the Pennsylvania Health Insurance Exchange Authority. The authority is a state-affiliated entity that will create, manage, and maintain Pennsylvania’s state-based health insurance marketplace. The state-based exchange authority will work to develop and maintain a competitive marketplace, educate consumers on their health insurance options,…
August 28, 2019
Harrisburg, PA – Governor Tom Wolf and U.S. Senator Bob Casey were joined by health care advocacy group Protect Our Care in rallying against the Trump-Republican lawsuit to overturn the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and to reiterate Pennsylvania’s commitment to sustaining quality health care for residents at reasonable costs. Cabinet secretaries representing the departments of…
July 15, 2019
Harrisburg, PA – Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf and Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney today said that their administrations are prepared to spend up to $15 million to address potential gaps in service and continuity of care concerns related to the bankruptcy by the corporate owners of Hahnemann and St. Christopher’s hospitals. Governor Wolf and Mayor Kenney…
July 02, 2019
Harrisburg, PA – Governor Tom Wolf today signed into law House Bill 3, a historic reform to health insurance that creates an online exchange operated by the state in lieu of the federal government. The legislation provides for lower premiums and increased access to health insurance by developing a state-based health insurance exchange and a…
June 11, 2019
Harrisburg, PA – Governor Tom Wolf today thanked and commended House members for their overwhelming bipartisan support of House Bill 3, which creates a state-based health insurance exchange in Pennsylvania, increasing access to affordable care and saving money for both the state and taxpayers. “It’s a good day when I can say that we have…
