Most of the people who submitted formal comments to the federal government about Pennsylvania’s plan to expand its Medicaid program wrote in opposition to the proposal.
The proposal, part of the Corbett administration’s “Healthy Pennsylvania” plan, calls for the state to use federal Medicaid funds to purchase private health insurance for people newly eligible for Medicaid.
According to a Community Legal Services of Philadelphia review completed two days before the April 11 submission deadline, 95 percent of those who expressed an opinion about the proposal opposed it, three percent supported it, and two percent offered mixed views.
The Safety-Net Association of Pennsylvania submitted formal comments expressing support for the Medicaid expansion proposal.  SNAP’S comments can be found here.
Read a report about the comments, including why various groups did or did not support the proposal, in this Philadelphia Inquirer article.