Philadelphia Inquirer : Pennsylvania Governor "is Brutally Wrong to reject the coverage" of Medicaid Expansion - "One in six Pennsylvanians lacks health insurance" - "The Expansion would make 631,000 more Pennsylvanians eligible for Medicaid coverage next year, many of them making $10 an hour and just getting by"

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These people are your neighbors and relatives. They serve food and sell clothing. They work in malls and casinos. They provide care for the young and elderly.

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People without health insurance routinely delay treatment. They get sicker, work less, suffer more, and die sooner. Their ranks doubled in this region in the last dozen years.

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Pennsylvania will lose $17 billion in federal aid during the first six years while almost three-quarters of a million residents are denied coverage.

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Philadelphia Inquirer
A costly rebuff to Medicaid
By Karen Heller, Inquirer Columnist
Sunday, February 10, 2013, 3:01 AM

A costly rebuff to Medicaid

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