News Report | October 14, 2020
Pennsylvania Governor Unveils Plans For Comprehensive Whole-Person Health Reform; Focus On Affordability, Access & Value
On October 2, 2020, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf signed an executive order to launch a comprehensive, whole-person health reform plan that focuses on improving affordability, access, and value for physical and behavioral health for Pennsylvanians, regardless of how they receive or purchase health care coverage. The key goals of reform are aligning the Commonwealth's health care payment and delivery systems to provide efficient whole-person care, eliminating health inequities resulting from systemic racism, and holding health care corporations accountable.
A newly established Interagency Health Reform Council will develop proposals by December 31, 2020, to modernize and reform Pennsylvania . . .