Safety Net Association of PA – Proposed PA FY 2010 Budget

Read SNAP's news release calling on the state legislature and Governor Rendell to restore fully all Medical Assistance hospital payment funding to the state's FY 2010 budget (July 14, 2009).

Read SNAP's news release on the health care implications of proposed cuts in Medical Assistance supplemental payments (June 24, 2009).

Read SNAP's message of the week to the state legislature about the health care implications of the proposed Medical Assistance cuts (June 23, 2009).

See an overview of the proposed FY 2010 Medical Assistance budget and SNAP's budget request (updated June 9, 2009).

Read SNAP's news release on the financial implications of proposed cuts in Medical Assistance supplemental payments (June 10, 2009).

Read SNAP's message of the week to the state legislature about the financial implications of the proposed Medical Assistance cuts (June 9, 2009).

Read SNAP's message of the week to the state legislature about health care as a core function of state government that must be preserved during a time of economic crisis (June 2, 2009).

Read a SNAP position statement on why now is the wrong time for PA to reduce Medical Assistance payments to safety-net hospitals (May 6, 2009).

View four charts that illustrate the disproportionate burden of Medical Assistance spending cuts that safety-net hospitals would bear under the proposed FY 2010 budget (May 6, 2009).

Read a SNAP commentary describing the broken process through which PA makes Medical Assistance hospital payment policies (May 6, 2009).

Read about SNAP's perspective on the role of safety-net hospitals in Pennsylvania today (April 15, 2009).

Read SNAP's position on how PA should use federal Medicaid stimulus funds (April 1, 2009).

Read SNAP's news release on how PA should use federal Medicaid stimulus funds (April 1, 2009).

Read SNAP's commentary on how the proposed FY 2010 budget shortchanges safety-net hospitals (March 3, 2009).

Read SNAP's news release on how the proposed FY 2010 budget shortchanges safety-net hospitals (March 3, 2009).

Read SNAP's press release in response to the governor's proposed FY 2010 Medical Assistance budget (February 4, 2009).

Read SNAP's summary of the governor's proposed FY 2010 Medical Assistance budget.