Harrisburg, March 5, 2013 – Senate Democratic Leader Jay Costa (D-Allegheny) today issued the following statement concerning Commonwealth Court’s decision regarding the diversion of tobacco settlement funds from the adultBasic and Medical Assistance for Workers with Disabilities programs.
The court said Acts 46 and 26 which authorized the diversion of the funds were unconstitutional:
“The court reaffirmed our position that these valuable programs should never have been terminated and working Pennsylvanians left without access to critical health care.
“I urge the governor to commit himself to funding these important programs and to change his position relative to Medicaid expansion in order to serve hundreds of thousands of working men, women and their families.”
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