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The state Capitol building in Harrisburg.
Politics & Policy

Pa. Democrats push to shore up insurance coverage in case ACA is struck down

They want a GOP-controlled Senate committee to hold hearings on several of their bills backstopping ACA provisions. It’s not clear if they’ll get their wish.

7 years ago

Geisinger Medical Center in Danville, Pa. (Google Maps)
Health

Regulator cites failures at hospital where 3 preemies died

The hospital routinely failed to sanitize the equipment it used to prepare donor breast milk, according to a state health department report released Monday.

7 years ago

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Politics & Policy

Murphy approves $9.5 million for Planned Parenthood, other N.J. women’s health organizations

Murphy hopes to supplant lost federal funding with state money as Title X Trump lawsuit continues.

7 years ago

(Katie Colaneri/WHYY)
Health

New regulations are changing which drugs Medicaid covers in Pennsylvania. Here’s what that means for consumers.

Medicaid recipients in Pennsylvania could be in for a surprise on their next trip to the pharmacy as preferred drug list changes.

7 years ago

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Radio Times
Health

“The Pursuit of Parenthood”

We explore the history and future of reproductive technologies and the thorny questions that arise around women’s bodies, fertility, and having children.  

Air Date: December 31, 2019 10:00 am

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FILE - In this Dec. 24, 2019 photo, President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media following a Christmas Eve video teleconference with members of the military at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Politics & Policy

3 years in, no sign of Trump’s replacement for Obamacare

As a candidate for the White House, Donald Trump repeatedly promised that he would “immediately” replace President Barack Obama’s health care law with a plan of his own

7 years ago

(iStock Photo/Philadelphia Inquirer)
Keystone Crossroads
Health
Spotlight PA

Nearly 150,000 in Pa. could be forced to change medications beginning Jan. 1. Here’s why.

The state says the regulations will cut down on health-care costs, but many physicians are concerned they could harm patient care.

7 years ago

Stephanie Kindt (left) and Aaron Levy are the curators of Listening Lab, a year-long traveling exhibit that tells the stories of doctors and patients and explores the ways in which listening can improve care. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

This Philly lab wants doctors to try a new medicine: listening

The Listening Lab will tour Penn Medicine’s hospitals to encourage compassionate listening.

7 years ago

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Democratic presidential candidates former Vice President Joe Biden, left, and Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speak during a Democratic presidential primary debate Thursday, Dec. 19, 2019, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Democratic primary debate: round six

We discuss last night's Democratic primary debate -- what the candidates said, the policies they covered, and how it may be playing out across America.

Air Date: December 20, 2019 10:00 am

Listen 48:59
Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden, left, speaks as Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., listens during a Democratic presidential primary debate, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Democratic primary debate: round five

We talk about what the candidates said and the policies discussed at last night's Democratic primary debate.

7 years ago

The entrance to Hahnemann University Hospital on North Broad Street in July, before the hospital was shuttered. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Money

Failure to pay doctors’ malpractice insurance lands Hahnemann, St. Chris owner in bankruptcy trouble

Philadelphia Academic Health System says it won’t pay former doctors’ medical malpractice insurance. Its Chapter 11 filing is at risk, under judge’s order.

7 years ago

Allison Beach holds the hand of her ailing mother Kathryne Beach inside her home in Hinesburg, Vt. Allison  (Thomas Marrinson/AP Photos)
Health

More Americans are dying at home rather than in hospitals

For the first time since the early 1900s, more Americans are dying at home a trend that reflects more hospice care and progress toward the kind of end that most people want.

7 years ago

Amanda Gilson has worked in the NICU at st Christopher’s for almost five years. She saved up hundreds of hours of paid time off to use during her maternity leave, which she just learned will not roll over under the hospital’s new ownership. (Nina Feldman/WHYY)
Community

Tower Health clashes with nurses as it takes over St. Christopher’s

Nurses at the pediatric hospital are losing all the paid time off they earned under the previous owner. They also want safe staffing ensured.

7 years ago

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Deb Beck (Courtesy Gene DiGirolamo)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

She’s the force behind Pa.’s efforts to treat drug addiction. Critics say ‘there is more to the story.’

Deb Beck is a formidable power player in Harrisburg, influencing the state’s response to a drug addiction epidemic. But critics say 'there is more to the story.’

7 years ago

Health insurers say the U.S. government owes them more than $12 billion in payments that were rescinded by a Republican-controlled Congress. The money was supposed to subsidize insurers' expected losses between 2014 and 2016. (Phil Roeder/Getty Images)
NPR
Courts & Law

ACA insurers in the Supreme Court: Why consumers should pay attention

More than $12 billion is at stake for the nation's health insurers Tuesday when the Supreme Court hears a case involving the Affordable Care Act.

7 years ago

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