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.
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