Tonight is the last night to register and go demand a real medicaid expansion in Harrisburg

Governor Corbett is pushing to reject a medicaid expansion for PA and instead wants to expand the private insurance market. It is a process that requires public input and now is your chance.

Here is how the standard expansion would work; anyone making under 133% of the poverty line and over the age of 19 would qualify for medicaid eligibility. The whole program would be paid for 100% for the first three years by the federal government. After that federal coverage will drop to 90%. 

Corbett's plan would use federal dollars to provide further subsidies to low income individuals instead of expanding medicaid for them. For the people currently enrolled in medicaid Corbett is pushing work search requirements, an annual, and a reduction in services.

Keystone Politics has the details about where you can go in Harrisburg, and across the state to protest this sham of a deal, and how that can make a real expansion more possible.

You have to pre-register now if you want to trash it in person. I’ll be at the Philadelphia hearing for sure, and can’t stress enough how it important it is for you all to pre-register here now, and then go trash it in your area. These public hearings are important, because this is the chance the public gets to weigh in during the process where Corbett requests a waiver from the federal government to do his fake Medicaid expansion. If all the news reports say everybody hates it, that makes it even easier for Kathleen Sebelius to reject CorbettCare and clear the way for a Democratic Governor to do real Medicaid expansion in 2015.

Here are the dates. Don’t sleep on this, they’re coming up quick so make sure you pre-register now!

Friday, January 3, 2014, in Philadelphia, PA
Time: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.*
National Constitution Center
525 Arch Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106
Registration Deadline: Monday, December 30, 2013

Friday, January 3, 2014, in Philadelphia, PA
Time: 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. (Session 2)
National Constitution Center
525 Arch Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106
Registration Deadline: Monday, December 30, 2013

Monday, January 6, 2014, in Scranton, PA
Time: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Hilton Scranton & Conference Center
100 Adams Avenue
Scranton, PA, 18503
Registration Deadline: Thursday, January 2, 2014

Tuesday, January 7, 2014, in Altoona, PA
Time: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Blair County Convention Center
1 Convention Center Drive
Altoona, PA 16602
Registration Deadline: Thursday, January 2, 2014

Thursday, January 9, 2014, in Harrisburg, PA
Time: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
The State Museum of Pennsylvania
300 North Street
Harrisburg, PA 17120
Registration Deadline: Monday, January 6, 2014

Public Hearing Dates for Webinar Presentation

Monday, December 16, 2013
Time: 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.
Speaker Registration Deadline: Wednesday, December 11, 2013 

Wednesday, January 8, 2014
Time: 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.
Speaker Registration Deadline: Friday, January 3, 2014 

As of 4 p.m. Sunday the 5th, the DPW site used to register was down. . .