PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER: If you are poor in Pennsylvania and temporarily disabled, a health-care worker can fill out a one-page form that qualifies you to receive medical care paid for by the state.
But that is changing under a new policy, requiring more paperwork, that Gov. Corbett is implementing, arguing that it will save taxpayers money without denying significant numbers of people medical care.
Health-care workers and advocates for the poor, however, say the new policy could leave thousands of people without needed care and drive up medical costs in the long run… (more)
EDITOR: As the problem persists, the person ends up in the emergency room. This is a far more expensive and far less humanitarian way of dealing with poverty.
