Tom Corbett

• Highmark gets approval for West Penn takeover

  By Associated Press  |  April 29, 2013

  Health insurance giant Highmark Inc. received conditional approval Monday from Pennsylvania regulators to take over the financially troubled West Penn Allegheny Health System as part of its plan to compete with UPMC, western Pennsylvania's dominant network, for patients and their health care dollars.

• Pa. Senate Dems: Surplus should stay in pensions

  By Peter Jackson  |  April 15, 2013

  A potential $140 million surplus in state reimbursements for Pennsylvania's school district pension costs should be plowed back into the pension system to help cover the mushrooming taxpayer share of the costs, Democratic leaders in the Pennsylvania Senate said Monday.

• 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.

• Pennsylvania pension execs meet with lawmakers

  By Peter Jackson  |  February 28, 2013

  Making newly hired school and state employees enroll in a 401(k)-style plan would not seriously affect Pennsylvania's two largest traditional pension funds, so long as a new plan is adequately funded, administrators told lawmakers Wednesday.

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  Michigan GOP governor proposes Medicaid expansion

  By David Eggert  |  February 7, 2013

  Republican Gov. Rick Snyder on Wednesday backed the extension of Medicaid coverage to 470,000 residents under the Obama administration's health care overhaul, saying it is the right thing to do despite resistance from his own party that controls the Legislature.

• Governor calls for Pennsylvania pension overhaul

  By Peter Jackson  |  February 6, 2013

  Gov. Tom Corbett laid out a strategy Tuesday for reining in pension costs for Pennsylvania state and school employees that would reduce future benefits for current workers and require new hires to participate in a defined-contribution plan.

• 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 governor weighs education with retirement costs

  By Andy Stonehouse  |  January 24, 2013

  Adamant that he will not raise costs, Penn. Gov. Tom Corbett says major cuts will have to be made to state retiree benefits to prevent cuts at schools

• Unions plan new offensive after Michigan loss

  By Sam Hananel, Thomas Beaumont  |  December 18, 2012

  Blindsided by a new law weakening union rights in Michigan, organized labor is preparing to target Republican governors in politically important states up for re-election in 2014 — part of a renewed offensive against perceived anti-union policies.

• 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.