U.S. Facing Shortage of Doctors as Health Care Law Takes Effect
The United States is facing a 16,000 shortage of primary care physicians, a current Senate report finds.
Study shows publicly insured children are at a disadvantage in receiving medical care
Penn study showed that children who were publicly insured were rejected or delayed care disproportionately more often than children who were privately covered.
Access to healthcare for the high-risk and uninsured
Over fifteen hundred Pennsylvanians have been enrolled in the PA Fair Care, a temporarily federally funded program.
PA facing an increase in health insurance scams
The new changes in health insurance regulations have open the door for scammers to target senior citizens, small business owners, people who buy individual coverage, and the uninsured. There are several cases in Pennsylvania that have surfaced and are expect to increase in the upcoming months. Advocacy and government agencies have taken action to educate the public on strategies to avoid insurance scams.
Montgomery Hospital Sees increase in Births, Costs
The Montgomery Hopsital Medical center has seen a drastic rise in births, many of which to mothers with no health insurance.
Study examines the cost effects on individual states of health reform’s Medicaid expansion
The study predicts a significant reduction in the number of uninsured adults in Pennsylvania, with the federal government paying a majority of the costs.
Post-Gazette: Health care reform reaches people in need through Pittsburgh community health centers
Probably the biggest provision in the reform package is $11 billion earmarked for new funding for the community health centers program over five years beginning in fiscal year 2011, which starts in October, reports the newspaper.
Senate approves community-based health care clinics program
If passed, the bill would establish the framework for a program to expand the use of community health care clinics as a way to serve the uninsured and/or low income Pennsylvanians.
Uninsured adults waiting to get coverage from PA’s health plan will face increased costs
Beginning March 1, those who choose to pay an at-cost monthly premium for coverage while waiting for a spot to open for them in the much cheaper program will see their monthly premium go from an average of $330 to $600.
U.S. Census data shows rate of uninsured people in counties across PA
Newspapers across the state area reporting on how their counties fared.