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Pennsylvania, like all other states, is facing significant health care challenges, including rising costs for employers and citizens, limits to access, and threats to the quality of services. In the face of these trends, state leadership must be prepared to define what state government can and should do to maintain and expand access to affordable, quality health care for all Pennsylvanians.
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Percent Change in Health Insurance Premiums, Individual and Family Coverage 1998-2003
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Pennsylvania insurance premiums for both family and individual coverage increased at a rate slightly slower than the national ...
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Health Care Expenditures as a Percent of Gross State Product, 1997-2004
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Large medical centers and an older population mean PA has a higher than average share of health care spending as % of GSP
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Percent of Gross State Product from Health Care Services, 2004
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Health care services represent a greater part of Pennsylvania's economy than the national average and competitor states.
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Percent of Population Under 18 without Health Insurance, 2003
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A growing percentage of Pennsylvania's children are without health insurance.
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Percent of Population without Health Insurance, 2003
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Pennsylvania has greater than average health insurance coverage.
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Doctors Per 100,000 Residents, 2002
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Despite some rural and urban gaps, Pennsylvania has a greater than average number of doctors in relation to its population.
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Percent Change in Medical Assistance (Medicaid) Spending, 2002-2003
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Growth in Medicaid spending is taking a greater share of the state budget
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Medical Assistance (Medicaid) Spending as a Percent of Total State Expenditures, 2003
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Pennsylvania's Medical Assistance program consumes a greater portion of the state budget than the national average
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Average Annual Costs of Employment-based Health Care Insurance
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Health Care Spending by Pennsylvania State Government - 2004-2005
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Medicaid as a Percent of Total State Expenditures- 2005
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Percentage Change in the Number of Adults Covered by Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance - 2000 - 2004
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State and Local Per Capita Spending on Health and Hospitals - 2004
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Health & Hospital Expenditures Per $1,000 of Personal Income - 2004
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Employee Contributions to Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance, 2000
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Workers with health coverage in PA contribute less than employees in most competitive states
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