Fact Sheets, Reports and Surveys
From HCHCW
- Caregivers without Health Care: A Pennsylvania Fact Sheet (pdf)
- August 2006 testimony to the state House Health Policy Committee (pdf)
From the State
- 2004 Pennsylvania long-term care workforce surveys: A report to the Pennsylvania Intra-Governmental Council on Long-Term Care (pdf) Three surveys of Pennsylvania long-term care stakeholders — one of employers, one of direct-care workers, and one of consumers who direct their own care — found that most employers offer insurance, but only to full-time workers.
Other Reports
- In Their Own Words, Part II: Pennsylvania’s Frontline Workers in Long-Term Care (pdf) Summarizes the results of 16 focus groups with direct-care workers. Among its findings: workers are willing to make a contribution toward benefits “if that contribution is realistic.”
- Pennsylvania’s Care Gap: Finding Solutions to the direct-care Workforce Crisis (pdf)
- 2004 Pennsylvania Long-Term care Workforce Surveys: A report to the Pennsylvania Intra-Governmental Council on Long-Term Care (pdf)
Legislation and Regulations
- Pennsylvania Access to Basic Care (PA ABC)
- Pennsylvania Senate Bill 1085
- Bill Text (pdf)
- Small Group Health Benefits insurance reform bill
- Bill Text (pdf)
Finding Health Insurance
Several programs offer health insurance coverage for people that cannot afford to buy it on their own in Pennsylvania. You will qualify if you are a parent living with a child, if you are pregnant, or if you have certain types of disabilities. Adults without dependents may also qualify for the ADULT Basic program, but there is a waiting list. Children can often get coverage even if their parents don’t qualify because the income limits for children are higher.
The main programs are:
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