SNAP urged Pennsylvania senators Pat Toomey and Bob Casey to advocate six proposals that the state’s safety-net hospitals seek in new federal COVID-19 legislation.

SNAP wrote to PA Department of Human Services Secretary Teresa Miller to point out challenges that arise in the potential use and interpretation of data hospitals have reported in DHS’s survey of hospitals’ financial condition as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

SNAP asks senators Casey and Toomey to advocate five specific policy initiatives that Pennsylvania’s safety-net hospitals need.

SNAP asks CMS administrator Seema Verma to give special consideration to high-volume Medicaid hospitals when deciding on additional grants to be awarded from federal CARES Act funding for hospitals and health care providers.

SNAP asks members of Pennsylvania’s congressional delegation to support providing additional money for safety-net hospitals in future coronavirus-related legislation.