
Health Care
Half a billion dollars: Pa. medical marijuana sales skyrocket 500% in year two
Nearly 150,000 Pennsylvanians are now certified to buy weed.
6 years ago
Medicare for all: crunching the numbers
We unpack Elizabeth Warren's "Medicare for all" plan and the other presidential candidates' health care proposals.
Air Date: November 12, 2019 10:00 am
Listen 49:00Pa. revokes Hahnemann University Hospital’s state license
The Pennsylvania Department of Health has revoked Hahnemann University Hospital’s state license.
6 years ago
U.S. judge blocks Trump’s health insurance rule for immigrants
A federal judge put on hold a Trump administration rule requiring immigrants prove they will have health insurance or can pay for medical care before they can get visas.
6 years ago
Affordable Care Act health insurance open enrollment begins for 2020
Rates have increased an average of 5%, but people who don't qualify for subsidies still face potentially high premiums.
6 years ago
N.J. hospital group joins multistate health care partnership
It’s teaming up with Pennsylvania and Ohio counterparts to improve patient safety and hospital practices
6 years ago
This week; the move to ban single-use plastic bags in Philly, providing free menstrual products in Pa. schools and facilities, and the Philly origins of candy corn.
Air Date: October 21, 2019 10:00 am
Listen 49:01Airline food prep workers stage PHL ‘die-in’ to rally for better health care
Employees of LSG Sky Chef, a subcontractor for American Airlines and others, staged a ‘die-in’ to spotlight their demand for affordable health care coverage.
6 years ago
Philly doctors worried about a ‘lost generation’ of sickle-cell patients
Patients with sickle-cell disease are living longer and a cure could be around the corner. Why doctors in Philadelphia worry those adult patients might be left behind.
Air Date: October 22, 2019
Listen 15:18A new report prices ‘Medicare for All’ at $34 trillion. Could it shape the Dems’ debate?
These new numbers from the Urban Institute offer the first reality check on the rhetoric that has dominated the Democratic debate over health care reform.
6 years ago
Listen 3:57New report stacks up ‘Medicare for All’ and the ‘public option’ by cost and coverage
A new Urban Institute report prices out popular reforms like “Medicare for All” and a so-called public option. Who will they cover? What will they cost?
6 years ago
Listen 4:04Tower Health slashes jobs at Chestnut Hill, Pottstown Hospitals
Weeks after getting the green light to buy St. Christopher’s Children’s Hospital out of bankruptcy, Tower Health will trim positions at two other locations.
6 years ago
Democratic candidates divided on health care will soon be drowning in data
The Urban Institute will publish the first report of the 2020 election cycle to price out popular reforms like “Medicare for All” and a so-called public option.
6 years ago
Listen 6:49Heads up: A ruling on the latest challenge to the Affordable Care Act is coming
A decision in the latest court case to threaten the future of the Affordable Care Act could come as soon as this month.
6 years ago
Helen Gym has a plan to prevent another Hahnemann
A new bill introduced in Philadelphia City Council seeks to give local authorities additional oversight over future hospital closures.
6 years ago