SNAP asks members of Pennsylvania’s congressional delegation to advocate a two-year delay of Medicaid DSH cuts during upcoming federal budget deliberations.

SNAP thanks members of Pennsylvania’s congressional delegation for voting to include a temporary delay of Medicaid DSH cuts in the continuing resolution that funds the federal government through November 21.

SNAP urges state policy-makers to ensure access to care in Philadelphia by directing Medicaid resources previously received by the now-closed Hahnemann University Hospital to the providers to which displaced Hahnemann patients now turn for care.

In a joint letter with 10 other organizations, SNAP urges the state legislature to use 100 percent of Tobacco Settlement Fund money for health-related services and programs in FY 2020.

SNAP asks PA’s congressional delegation to join a letter asking House leadership to advance legislation delaying Affordable Care Act-mandated cut in Medicaid DSH payments scheduled to take effect later this year.

SNAP expresses its support for the Wolf administration’s FY 2020 budget proposal to fund debt service for the monetization of the state’s future proceeds from the national master tobacco settlement agreement with sales and use tax revenue.

In a letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, SNAP responds to a proposed federal Medicaid managed care regulation by expressing support for its partial restoration of rate ranges in Medicaid managed care payments; urges CMS to restore states’ ability to make managed care pass-through payments to ensure access to Medicaid services; and expresses support for CMS’s expansion of the use of directed payments in Medicaid managed care. SNAP also urges CMS to expand even further the use of rate ranges and directed payments.