Day: December 10, 2012

Gov. Tom Corbett has until Friday, Dec. 14, to return the $33 million he took last may to set up a Health Insurance Exchange in Pennsylvania reports Teri Adams of the Independence Hall Tea Party Association.

Nebraska officials have estimated that a Health Insurance Exchange would cost their state over $600 million. Pennsylvania has six times the population.

The IHTPA asks that those concerned contact the Governor at 717-787-2500 or 717-772-8284 (fax) and let him know to do the right thing and save the state. The association also suggests that callers ask the governor to back State Rep. Matt Baker’s Healthcare Freedom Act that would allow Pennsylvania to completely opt out of Obamacare.

Pennsylvania’s General Fund revenue is $59.1 million above estimates reports State Rep. Jim Cox (R-129)

The information was unveiled at a budget briefing by Gov. Tom Corbett last week.

The governor also began to outline some of his budget priorities for the 2013-14 fiscal year, including a budget that contains no new taxes and that funds state agencies at current levels, Cox said. He emphasized the need to address pension reform and the growth in welfare spending and prison costs. 

The governor will present his budget proposal for the 2013-14 fiscal year to the General Assembly in February.

By William W. Lawrence Sr