Docs and hospitals not liking the use of malpractice funds to patch holes in state budget
The budget is going to use the $800 million malpractice fund to fund other projects and agencies.
How PA small business owners are addressing escalating healthcare costs
The Small Business Majority, an advocacy group focused on changing health care, recently conducted a survey of business owners on their thoughts on healthcare.
PA’s smoking cessation programs are in trouble in current proposed budget
The budget for such programs is being cut in half.
86 days without a state budget: Here’s where we’re at
From a standstill to a crawl.
Hospitals round-up for 9/24
Get the latest on Penn Medicine, Weatherwood Nursing Home, and Pennsylvania hospital death rates.
The Lupus Loop, a 5K walk/run sponsored by the Lupus Foundation of PA, is this Sunday
Lupus is a chronic, inflammatory disease in which the body’s immune system fails to
serve its normal protective functions and instead forms antibodies that attack healthy tissues and organs.
PA does not have a law that protects mentally disabled adults
It is one of only 5 states in the country without such a law.
U.S. Census data shows rate of uninsured people in counties across PA
Newspapers across the state area reporting on how their counties fared.