Governor Wolf offered a statement on the U.S. Senate Finance Committee’s proposed extension of the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP).
Governor Wolf announced a decline in the commonwealth’s uninsured rate from 6.4 percent in 2015 to 5.6 percent in 2016, the lowest on record.
Commonwealth employees are seeking to raise $3.15 million in donations to charitable organizations through their annual workplace giving campaign, the State Employee Combined Appeal (SECA).
Governor Wolf’s Acting Secretary of Human Services and former Insurance Commissioner Teresa Miller testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on the immediate need for stability in the individual market and targeted fixes that would strengthen the Affordable Care Act and improve affordability and competition for consumers in individual market plans.
Governor Wolf reminded Pennsylvanians that the stolen valor law, protecting benefits for Pennsylvania service members and veterans, is now in effect, approximately 60 days since it was signed in late June.