Health Care

Opinion

Opinion: We must protect vaccines

Making the case for why the meningococcal vaccine schedule for children should remain unchanged.

Interviews & Profiles

Personality

Q&A with Sharif Street

The Senate Insurance Committee minority chair talks health care accessibility and affordability

Capitol Beat

Personality

A Q&A with state Rep. Tina Pickett

Pickett discussed a new data security law and the need to address insurance cost drivers next session.

General Assembly

Personality

Q&A with House Insurance Committee Chair Patty Kim

Kim discussed her efforts to make health insurance more affordable for Pennsylvanians and how Pennie has improved the commonwealth’s insurance landscape.

Health Care

Policy

Q&A with Pennie Executive Director Devon Trolley

City & State speaks with the Pennie Executive Director on the commonwealth’s health insurance marketplace

Health Care

Policy

How telehealth visits became the ultimate screen savers

Lawmakers and telemedicine advocates say Pennsylvania’s new law will lead to increased health care access – and healthier Pennsylvanians.

Health Care

Policy

As open enrollment nears, Pennie looks to take the health care marketplace to the next level

The commonwealth’s health insurance marketplace continues to transform four years after the state took ownership from the federal government

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Q&A with Dan LaVallee

A conversation with UPMC Health Plan’s senior director of the Center for Social Impact.

General Assembly

Policy

PA House approves bills that would codify Affordable Care Act protections in state law

House lawmakers voted in bipartisan fashion on Wednesday to approve three pieces of health care legislation.

Budget

Policy

Flat, falling soda tax revenues have both positive and negative impact

Tax soda – and people drink less of it. But successful soda taxes can create problems for the public health and development programs they support.

Philadelphia

Policy

Philadelphia Eagles host ‘Safer America’ gun violence prevention summit with local and White House officials

Violence prevention advocates and public officials discussed a public health approach to combating gun violence at Lincoln Financial Field

Health Care

Opinion

Opinion: Congressional priorities need to include Pharmacy Benefit Manager reform

A state senator lays out the case for reining in the outsized power that pharmacy benefit managers have over prescription drug prices for Americans.

Health Care

Policy

At Philly Y, Lt. Gov. Austin Davis, Early Learning Investment Commission, spotlight child care barriers in PA

Advocates said accessibility, affordability and quality are the three barriers to care most families face

Transportation

Policy

As traffic fatalities increase, so do fears about the future of Vision Zero

A spate of high-profile pedestrian and bicyclist deaths have called Philadelphia’s commitment to protect residents from reckless drivers into question

Opinion

Opinion

Opinion: Latest round of bad news show that 2024 remains crunch time for Penn Highlands

If the health system cannot emerge from its financial morass, the lives and livelihoods of millions of Pennsylvanians may be in jeopardy.

Health Care

Opinion

Opinion: PA’s long-term care centers are rapidly shuttering – here’s how to save them

A staffer at a soon-to-close Pittsburgh nursing home urges lawmakers to pass legislation to prevent more closures.

Interviews & Profiles

Personality

Q&A with State Senate Aging & Youth Chair Judy Ward

The state senator speaks on issues with aging in place and the state’s 10-year plan for seniors

News & Politics

Personality

A Q&A with Senate Committee on Aging Chair Bob Casey

Casey discusses the most pressing issues facing America’s seniors.