Melissa Costello (right), a lab technician at Pottstown Memorial Medical Center, recently visited state Sen. John Rafferty's office to encourage the senator to act now to expand Medicaid and protect healthcare jobs in the district. She also delivered pictures of constituents who are asking Rafferty and the Corbett administration to accept Medicaid Expansion for Pennsylvania.
Expanding the Medicaid program is part of the Affordable Care Act and would bring $38 billion in federal funds to the state budget, create up to 41,000 new jobs and offer healthcare coverage for up to 700,000 uninsured Pennsylvanians. State Sen. Rafferty is a member of the Appropriations Committee and is a key decision maker on the issue.
The photo project is part of "Lives on the Line," an effort to urge lawmakers to save the lives and health and well-being of Pennsylvanians by expanding the Medicaid program under the Affordable Care Act. Supporters will rally at the capitol in Harrisburg this Wednesday at noon to let lawmakers know that people's lives are on the line.
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