Applying for Pa. Medicaid expansion? Wait in line

PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER: Only an estimated 55,000 of 163,968 people who applied for the program by Jan. 1 have been enrolled in the Medicaid expansion, said Kait Gillis, spokeswoman for the state Department of Human Services…

“There is a level of chaos out there,” said Estelle Richman, head of a special transition team focused on the Department of Human Services for Gov.-elect Tom Wolf.

Richman predicted things would “get better quickly” after Wolf takes over Tuesday. The administration will begin “un-complicating” the system and transitioning it to a full Medicaid expansion… (more)

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