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Health Care

Marijuana-related arrests in New Jersey jumped about 35% over a four-year period. (Andy Colwell for Billy Penn)
Politics & Policy
Billy Penn

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

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., speaks during a town hall meeting at Grinnell College, Monday, Nov. 4, 2019, in Grinnell, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

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

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Hahnemann University Hospital. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Courts & Law

Pa. revokes Hahnemann University Hospital’s state license

The Pennsylvania Department of Health has revoked Hahnemann University Hospital’s state license.

6 years ago

In this June 28, 2019 file photo, local residents with visas walk across the Puerta Mexico international bridge to enter the U.S., in Matamoros, Tamaulipas state, Mexico. (Rebecca Blackwell/AP Photo)
Courts & Law

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

Erik Furness meets with Antoinette Kraus with the Pennsylvania Health Access Network to begin the process of signing up for insurance under the Affordable Care Act, Monday, March 31, 2014, at Project HOME's St. Elizabeth's Community and Wellness Center in Philadelphia. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy
PA Post

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

A new multistate health care partnership will work with regional hospitals to share best practice strategies. (David Mark/Pixabay)
Health

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

Radio Times
Community

Regional Roundup – 10/28/19

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 49:01
Food prep workers die-in at the Philadelphia airport on Wednesday night to demonstrate the life and death stakes of lacking affordable healthcare. (Nina Feldman/WHYY)
Community

Airline 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

Tahirah Austin, who has sickle-cell disease, plays with Kinza, the son of a friend who also has the disease. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
The Why
Health

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 15:18
Democratic presidential candidates stand on stage for a photo before a primary debate hosted by CNN and The New York Times at Otterbein University, Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019, in Westerville, Ohio. (Tony Dejak/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

A 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 3:57
(Bigstock/ilixe48)
Health

New 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 4:04
Chestnut Hill Hospital entrance with cars in front of it.
Community

Tower 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

Families affected by pre-existing conditions attend a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 26, 2018. (Andrew Harnik/AP Photo)
Health

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 6:49
The latest challenge to the Affordable Care Act, Texas v. Azar, was argued in July in the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals. Attorney Robert Henneke, representing the plaintiffs, spoke outside the courthouse on July 9.
(Gerald Herbert/AP)
NPR
Health

Heads 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 speaks at a protest of the Hahnemann closure on June 27, 2019. (Nina Feldman/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Politics & Policy

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

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