HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Gov. Tom Corbett's meeting with U.S. Health and Human Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on whether he'll seek an expansion of Medicaid to provide health care to hundreds of thousands of low-income Pennsylvania adults comes as state revenues are lagging his projections.
The meeting is set for late Tuesday afternoon in Washington, D.C.
On Monday, Corbett's administration remained quiet about what kind of concessions he might seek from Sebelius to address his complaints about the need for flexibility in Medicaid and the potential cost to Pennsylvania taxpayers.
A spokeswoman would not discuss details of the matters the governor will raise in the meeting. Instead, she pointed to the governor's previous statements that his administration has unanswered questions about the Medicaid expansion, and he is seeking more flexibility to tailor benefits packages to different types of Medicaid enrollees as a way to save money.
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