Marc Levy

• Medicaid meeting comes as Pennsylvania revenue lags

  By Marc Levy  |  April 2, 2013

  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.

• Corbett may wait on Medicaid expansion decision

  By Marc Levy  |  February 5, 2013

  Gov. Tom Corbett may not announce whether he will support the expansion of Medicaid under the federal health care law when he delivers his budget address to the Legislature on Tuesday.

• Pennsylvania won't set up health exchange

  By Marc Levy, Mark Scolforo  |  December 13, 2012

  Pennsylvania will not set up its own health care exchange under the federal Affordable Care Act, at least not for now, Gov. Tom Corbett said Wednesday, putting the state on a course to join others led by Republicans that will let President Barack Obama's administration run its exchange.

• Pennsylvania governor pushes for right to work

  By Marc Levy  |  December 10, 2012

  Gov. Tom Corbett said Monday that Pennsylvania apparently lacks the political will to become a "right-to-work" state, a key issue for conservatives as Republicans in fellow industrial state Michigan prepare to pass such a law over the protests of organized labor.

• Pennsylvania jobless rate makes biggest jump up since 2009

  By Marc Levy  |  August 17, 2012

  Pennsylvania's economy is struggling, if a Thursday report from the state on July's hiring and unemployment rate is an indication.

• Democrats begin attack on Pennsylvania GOP's spending plan

  By Marc Levy  |  June 28, 2012

  The plan for the 2012-13 fiscal year that begins Sunday would increase spending by about 1.5 percent, largely for debt, pensions, health care for the poor and to help fill a shortfall in the almost-finished fiscal year.

• Future Pennsylvania public workers benefits eyed

  By Marc Levy  |  May 22, 2012

  Pennsylvania's approach to a looming spike in pension obligations for state and public school employees should include a discussion of reducing the cost of current workers' future benefits, even if it means challenging state constitutional law that has traditionally protected such benefits, a top state lawmaker said Monday.

• Blues insurers make move to expand into Medicaid

  By Marc Levy  |  August 9, 2011

  Two of the nation's largest not-for-profit health insurers said Tuesday that a new joint venture will provide an opportunity for Blues insurers nationwide to expand into Medicaid coverage just as states are seeking ways to save money in the program and the ranks of Medicaid enrollees is poised to grow.

• Joblessness among post-Sept. 11 vets remains high

  By Marc Levy  |  May 31, 2011

  The unemployment rate among military veterans who served after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks remains stubbornly higher than the general population, especially for the youngest men to leave the service, according to a congressional report released Tuesday.