Pa. Senate Dems say Medicaid expansion could help fund Philly schools

This article was originally published in The Notebook. In August 2020, The Notebook became Chalkbeat Philadelphia.

by Holly Otterbein for NewsWorks

Could some of the Philadelphia School District’s financial woes be eliminated if Gov. Corbett expanded Medicaid eligibility?

State Senate Democrats have proposed a budget plan that would generate an extra $120 million for the School District. It boosts funding, in part, by counting on $154 million in savings by expanding Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act.

State Sen. Vincent Hughes (D-Phila.) this week again called on Corbett to approve the expansion.

"Use it to help low-income school districts across the state deal with some very significant budget problems that they have," he said.

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