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6/18/08
SENATE HEARING ON PENNSYLVANIA ACCESS TO BASIC CARE
The hearing on PA ABC included testimony from: an actuary; Kevin Wrege, an insurance industry lobbyist; Roberta Rey Yetman, an uninsured consumer who works full time for a small health care business; Cheryl Bettigole, a Pennsylvania physician who favors PA ABC; and Judith Solomon, a health economist from a national health advocacy organization.  

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5/15/08
SECRETARY ESTELLE RICHMAN ADRESSES UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE
Secretary Estelle Richman discusses Rx for PA at Commencement Address for the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine. 

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3/04/08
GOVERNOR RENDELL’S HEALTH CARE REFORM CABINET SAYS PROVIDING ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE FOR PENNSYLVANIA’S UNINSURED IS WITHIN REACH

Testimony of the Health Care Reform Cabinet before the Pennsylvania House of Representatives Appropriations Committee regarding Rx for PA insurance reform initiatives and Cover All Pennsylvanians in Harrisburg, PA.

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2/26/08
GOVERNOR RENDELL TESTIFIES BEFORE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE ON PENNSYLVANIA HEALTH CARE QUALITY INITIATIVE

Testimony by Pennsylvania Governor Edward G. Rendell Before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Small Business Hearing on “State Strategies to Expand Health Insurance Coverage for Small Businesses” Washington, DC.

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7/20/07
FIRST PIECES OF GOVERNOR RENDELL’S ‘PRESCRIPTION FOR PENNSYLVANIA’ SIGNED INTO LAW

Governor Edward G. Rendell said Pennsylvania took its first steps in making health care more accessible and eliminating deadly hospital-acquired infections when he officially signed the first pieces of his Prescription for Pennsylvania health care reform plan into law. But, the Governor said, there is more health care reform that needs to be passed before Pennsylvanians will have the plan that has been hailed nationally as “sweeping,” “groundbreaking” and the most “complete” state reform proposal yet. Listen to the announcment.