Harrisburg, PA — Pennsylvania Direct Care Worker, Karen Goroncy, who has accrued thousands of dollars in medical debt because of lack of health care coverage, participated in an advocacy day in the state capitol on June 3rd. Karen explained to her State Senator that if she has to call off of work because she is too sick, “my client can’t get out of bed in the morning, cannot eat or even bath themselves.”
Karen participated as part of the Pennsylvania Health Access Network’s effort to pass Senate Bill 1137 (PA-Access to Basic Care) which would work to cover more than 270,000 of Pennsylvania’s uninsured. In addition to doctors visits and other basic care, the PA- ABC bill would also provide prescription drug and behavioral health coverage.
Later that afternoon Karen participated in a press conference in the Capitol Rotunda with state Senator’s Costa and Hughes. The Senators called for Senate leadership to discharge the bill from committee and bring it to the floor for a vote.
