From the Pennsylvania Health Access Network (http://www.pahealthaccess.org): This is outrageous. Families in PA are already struggling with rising prices and strained family budgets, but Big Pharma is raising the price of life-saving medications, again. This month alone, Big Pharma has … Continued
Posted at https://www.publicnewsservice.org/2022-01-25/health/pa-sends-first-strike-team-to-hospitals-facing-staff-shortages/a77541-2 January 25, 2022 – Emily Scott, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window Pennsylvania deployed its first state-directed healthcare “strike team” over the weekend to help support hospitals under the strain of staffing shortages in … Continued
From Moms Rising (https://www.momsrising.org/): YOUR voice, your petitions, your calls are working! The House of Representatives took action to ensure historic investments to save moms’ lives, end racial & ethnic maternal health disparities, and advance birth equity by passing the … Continued
From ReImagine Appalachia (https://reimagineappalachia.org/): When Congress failed to pass a four-year extension of the Black Lung Excise Tax in the Build Back Better Act before the new year began, that single source of revenue for the Black Lung Disability Trust … Continued
From the Pennsylvania Health Access Network (http://www.pahealthaccess.org): Did you know that as a resident of Pennsylvania, you have a right to the healthcare you need? Still, many people are: Struggling to finding a doctor, psychiatrist, or other healthcare professional that … Continued
From the Pennsylvania Health Access Network (http://www.pahealthaccess.org): Great news! After years of advocacy on the issue of surprise medical bills, the No Surprises Act is officially in effect! That means that, in most cases, surprise medical bills are illegal, and patients will only have to pay … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/01/01/ban-most-surprise-medical-bills-takes-effect-critics-denounce-profit-healthcare “This law would not be needed if we had an everyone covered for everything, zero copay, federal single-payer healthcare system paid for by fair taxes.” KENNY STANCIL January 1, 2022 While welcoming a federal ban on most surprise medical … Continued
From the Pennsylvania Health Access Network (http://www.pahealthaccess.org): Bad news. The PA Senate in Harrisburg has wrapped up for the year, and they left without doing anything to lower the cost of prescription drugs. While they delay, families are still having to choose between the … Continued
The Healthcare.gov Marketplace is now open until January 15th—please help spread the work to reach your neighbors who need health insurance! The COVID‑19 pandemic has elevated the need for health coverage and the American Rescue Plan has made that coverage more affordable … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/11/30/congress-asleep-switch-biden-continues-trump-era-ploy-privatize-medicare More than 1,500 physicians warn that the experiment threatens “the future of Medicare as we know it.” JAKE JOHNSON November 30, 2021 A Trump-era pilot program that could result in the complete privatization of traditional Medicare in a matter of … Continued