HealthCare.gov

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services recently launched a new resource website, HealthCare.gov. The site is designed to help you take control of your health care – by putting the power of information at your fingertips. It’s the first website to collect both public and private health insurance options across the nation in a single place. The insurance options finder automatically sorts through the huge catalog of options to help you identify the ones that may be right for you. Other highlights of the site include extensive information about your rights as a consumer, how to navigate the health insurance marketplace, and how the Affordable Care Act can help you – all tailored to you. Click here to visit HEALTHCARE.GOV

Health Issues 

This page provides in depth information on health programs as well as improtant agency contacts. Some of the issues covered on this page include, medicare, medicaid, CHIP, COBRA, Apprise, health insurance, cash assistance, and more.  

General Assistance

General Assistance is a cash payment supplemented by Medicaid, paid from State funds only, for categories of persons who do not qualify for Federal Assistance. This would include: individuals without minor children in their care who have an illness and needy children in the care of non relatives. Needy persons applying for disability benefits might receive GA if they agree as a condition of eligibility to reimburse the state from disability benefits when receive.

Food Stamps and other Food Programs

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is the new name for the Food Stamp program. SNAP benefits are used to buy food and help low-income households in Pennsylvania obtain more nutritious diets by increasing the food purchasing power at grocery stores and supermarkets for all eligible participants. Other food resources that may interest you include the National School Lunch Program, Local Food Pantry and Soup Kitchens and the Women, Infants and Children Program (WIC).

Social Security Disability

This page includes information about Social Security Disability benefits administred by the social security administration. Click here for more information.

PA Fair Care

PA Fair Care is Pennsylvania's health plan for uninsured adults with pre-existing conditions. It offers transitional insurance coverage until broader coverage provisions of federal health insurance reform are brought into effect in January 2014.