HARRISBURG PATRIOT- NEWS Editorial: We now know what would it take for a determined group of knee-jerk Pennsylvania legislators to reject a $3 billion a year shot into the state’s economy, one that creates 35,000 to 40,000 jobs while netting the state budget some $255 million a year and bringing potentially life-saving services to more than 400,000 vulnerable Pennsylvanians.
All it takes is the fingerprints of one man: President Obama.
Because the above benefits to Pennsylvania would come from the health care reform pushed through Congress in 2010 by President Obama, the conservative-dominated state House refuses to expand the Medicaid program to include the working poor… (more)
