HARRISBURG, PA – The Corbett-Cawley campaign today released the following statement on the approval of Governor Corbett's Healthy PA proposal, a state-based plan that saves taxpayers $4.5 billion over the next 8 years and focuses on Medicaid reform and the unique healthcare needs of Pennsylvanians while rejecting the ObamaCare one-size-fits-all model that continues to fail our country. Meanwhile Secretary Tom Wolf would have blindly expanded Medicaid without any reforms, costing Pennsylvania taxpayers billions in savings.

"Since his time as Attorney General, Tom Corbett has rejected the failed policies and federal healthcare takeover of the Obama administration," said Campaign Manager Mike Barley. "Governor Corbett's leadership was critical in providing states like Pennsylvania the flexibility to demand healthcare reforms that better serve the well-being of taxpayers and all Pennsylvanians."

Healthy PA provides hundreds of thousands of Pennsylvanians health coverage through the private market instead of expanding Medicaid, and delivers sweeping reforms to the current system. Healthy PA institutes premiums and phases out co-payments for those above the federal poverty level and incentives for those who exhibit healthy behaviors and participate in job training and work-search with the ultimate goal of transitioning more individuals from government-paid health insurance to employer-paid healthcare. In addition, numerous costly plans have been simplified to include better options for recipients, while holding them accountable for their care.

"Governor Corbett has delivered on his promises to reform Medicaid and enact a plan that provides quality, affordable care for more Pennsylvanians through the private sector, saving taxpayers billions of dollars in the process. Governor Corbett's leadership continues to put Pennsylvanians first."

“Unfortunately, Tom Wolf would have just blindly accepted the Obamacare Medicaid expansion with no reforms and that would have cost Pennsylvania taxpayers billions. Wolf also supports opening up a healthcare exchange in Pennsylvania, which has failed in nearly every other state where it was attempted."

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