Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf Launches Medicaid Expansion

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf Launches Medicaid Expansion
Gov. Tom Wolf speaks after he took the oath of office to become the 47th governor of Pennsylvania, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015, at the state Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Gov. Tom Wolf speaks after he took the oath of office to become the 47th governor of Pennsylvania, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015, at the state Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

NEW YORK, Feb 9 (Reuters) - The state of Pennsylvania has launched an expansion of the Medicaid health insurance program, its governor Tom Wolf said in a statement on Monday.

"Today is the first step toward simplifying a complicated process and ensuring hundreds of thousands of Pennsylvanians have greater access to the health insurance they need," Wolf said.heca

(Reporting by Hilary Russ; writing by Megan Davies; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)

Before You Go

1912

Health Care Reform Efforts In U.S. History

Popular in the Community

Close

What's Hot