Acting Department of Public Welfare Secretary Beverly Mackereth appeared before the Senate Appropriations Committee this week for the first time to present and defend her department’s proposed FY 2014 – including its Medicaid budget.
Mackereth, herself a former member of the state House, also responded to committee members who questioned Governor Corbett’s decision not to expand Medicaid eligibility in the state, as provided for in the federal Affordable Care Act.
She also promised more dialogue with the General Assembly in the future.
Read more about Ms. Mackereth’s budget testimony before the Senate Appropriations Committee in this Allentown Morning Call article

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