PA aims to simplify health coverage for kids with Medicaid waiver A proposed waiver would eliminate Medicaid issues by ensuring uninterrupted coverage for qualified children until they turn 6.
If approved by the federal government, the Section 1115 waiver would leverage Medicaid funding for various social programs, helping to insure about 145,000 Pennsylvania children without health insurance.
Patrick Keenan, policy director for the Pennsylvania Health Access Network, said the waiver is a request from Pennsylvania to change specific rules and includes four main options. ...(Read More)
