Corbett Balks at Health Care Exchanges for Pa.
Pennsylvania will join other GOP-led states putting the Affordable Care Act mandate back in federal hands.
According to the Associated Press (AP), Gov. Corbett announced on Wednesday that Pennsylvania will not be setting up its own healthcare exchanges as mandated by the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The responsibility for the exchange now falls back to the federal government. Corbett reportedly blamed federal authorities for the move, saying they didn't provide adequate answers to questions about how the exchange will be paid for and other details. (See the pdf section for a letter the governor wrote to U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius regarding the decision.) "Health care reform is too important to be achieved through haphazard planning," Corbett said, according to the AP. "Pennsylvania taxpayers and …
John Q. Public
3:22 pm on Thursday, December 13, 2012
17 Democratic ! U.S. senators have requested a delay in implementing a new tax on medical-devices that is scheduled to go into effect Jan. 1. Much like Corbett, they now want protection from its new taxes, but unlike Corbett, they voted for Obamacare. I don't think Casey was in that group of 17, so we in PA are hosed. more ›