{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://dent.house.gov/index.cfm?p=PressReleases&ContentRecord_id=A5C4F809-604D-4C84-AF6E-F7890D13C378", "Dent Works to Protect Pennsylvania Children from the Presidents Health Care Law", "2013-12-26", "2013", "2013-12", "Republican", "House", "PA", "Charlie Dent", "D000604", "dent.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Congressman Charlie Dent (PA-15th) spearheaded an effort to protect and preserve Pennsylvania\u2019s Children\u2019s Health Insurance Program (PA CHIP) from the effect of President Obama\u2019s Health Care Law. Rep. Dent organized a letter to Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius asking her to accede to Governor Corbett\u2019s request that the Department work with him to help preserve the program. \r\n  \u201cThe practical impact of the Health Care law has been to compel thousands of families with income levels between 100% and 133% of the Federal Poverty Level (FPL) to lose their PA CHIP coverage and be forced into a comparatively substandard Medicaid program,\u201d Rep. Dent stated. \r\n  \u201cCHIP in Pennsylvania is a clear success story,\u201d said the Congressman. \u201cIt is lauded as a national model by other states and consistently receives extremely high marks in customer satisfaction surveys,\u201d Dent noted. \u201cForcing people out of this program and into the comparatively substandard Medicaid program is yet another harmful impact of the President\u2019s Health Care law.\u201d \r\n  Rep. Dent was joined by ten fellow Pennsylvania Republicans on the letter. Some of them, including Rep. Dent, voted to establish the PA CHIP law in 1992. Rep. Dent also voted to strengthen and enhance the State Children\u2019s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) at the federal level. \r\n  \u201cPresident Obama heard the outcry of millions of Americans who lost their coverage as a result of the health care law and was forced to act and grant them the ability to maintain existing coverage. I, and my fellow Representatives, want the same opportunity for the thousands of Pennsylvania families that have received superior care through PA CHIP,\u201d Dent concluded. \r\n  Currently, PA CHIP covers over 188,000 children. \r\n Contact: \u00a0Shawn Millan (610) 770-3490 \r\n  \r\n ###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://dent.house.gov/index.cfm?p=PressReleases&ContentRecord_id=A5C4F809-604D-4C84-AF6E-F7890D13C378"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.1793371997773647, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}