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Health Secretary Calls for Action on Health Insurance for All Pennsylvanians During Visit to Alma Illery Center in Pittsburgh
March 22nd, 2008
Secretary of Health Dr. Calvin B. Johnson today met with health care professionals at the Alma Illery Medical Center, a facility that provides health care to uninsured or underinsured people in Pittsburgh, to discuss Governor Edward G. Rendell's plan to provide expanded access to health insurance through his "Cover All Pennsylvanians" proposal. "Access to affordable insurance is critical to help prevent disease, successfully manage chronic diseases such as diabetes and asthma, and to reduce the burden that caring for the uninsured places on our health care system," said Dr. Johnson. "Cover All Pennsylvanians is the bold step our state needs to improve access and...
Source: Law & Health Weekly (2008-03-22)
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