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Josh Shapiro: “No lawsuit's been filed yet [by HHS].”

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Governor Shapiro Signs Executive Orders Expanding Protections for Pennsylvanians with Disabilities

Published April 15, 2026 | Video Starts at 43:09

Go ahead, Zach. Has HHS said to you that they plan to file a lawsuit or take any kind of action for this information that you have refused to? No lawsuit's been filed yet [by HHS]. They typically do not give us a heads up on that front. They have sued us, for example, to get the private personal information of all voters in Pennsylvania. (43:09–43:11)

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Asserts that the Department of Health and Human Services has not filed a lawsuit yet.

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“Federal cuts to Medicaid...will result in 310,000 Pennsylvanians losing Medicaid coverage.”
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“We will not let [the administration in Washington] get a hold of your private, personal, personal information.”
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“The third executive order I'm about to sign updates our Developmental Disabilities Council within the Department of Human Services.”
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