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Contact: Brady Russell
Philadelphia Unemployment Project [P.U.P.]
267.971.1680
Health Commissioner and Community Leaders Call for Passage of Cover All Pennsylvanians Harrisburg Budget hearings cited as opportunity for Philadelphia legislators to bring new health resources to the city
(Northeast Philadelphia) – New Health Commissioner Don Schwarz and Consumer Advocate, Lance Haver, will stand with other community leaders outside of Health Center #10, calling for political leaders to support Cover All Pennsylvanians, a state-subsidized health insurance program that would help working people. The Northeast part of Philadelphia has approximately 21,000 uninsured individuals in it. Philadelphia has approximately 137,000 uninsured.* Budget hearings on Cover All Pennsylvanians will be underway in Harrisburg on the same day, with a vote on the new subsidized insurance plan expected in the House the following week.
* These figures are from the Community Health Database’s Household Health Survey – 2006 data. The Northeast was defined as zip codes: 19111, 19112, 19114, 19115, 19116, 19135, 19136, 19149 & 19152
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