by Jane Richey | Feb 25, 2026 | Alerts, Events, Fiscal Responsibility
From the Commonwealth Foundation: Subject: Medicaid Fraud is Costing Pennsylvanians Billions Medicaid fraud and abuse have been the subject of many news headlines lately, due to recent events in Minnesota. Pennsylvania is no exception to the misuse of...
by Jane Richey | Jan 23, 2014 | Health Care
The number of people determined to be eligible for low-income health insurance programs grew in the month of December, the halfway point for ObamaCare’s first enrollment period, according to federal health officials. The Department of Health and Human Services...
by Jane Richey | Jan 7, 2014 | Fiscal Responsibility
Expanding Medicaid coverage to an estimated nine million more Americans—as mandated by the Affordable Care Act—reinforces the idea that Medicaid only serves the poor. That perception is not accurate. And it distracts from a looming budgetary threat to the program:...
by Jane Richey | Nov 21, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Health Care
Many GOP governors have been criticized for refusing to participate in the wild and ill-conceived expansion of the Medicaid program under Obamacare. There is good reason. While the expansion is underwritten by the Federal government in the near term, in the out years...
by Jane Richey | Sep 11, 2013 | Health Care
U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius told Corbett in a Friday letter that the switch is required by the 2010 federal health care law and that it will simplify coverage for families by aligning children under the same program as their parents....
